Name

DNS — G,H,PP

Synopsis

Configures and administers a local or remote DNS server.

Description

DNS is used for administering all aspects of Windows 2000 DNS servers. Since DNS is fundamental to the operation of Active Directory, expect to use this tool from time to time to configure DNS (unless all your computers are Windows 2000 Server and Professional, which can use Dynamic DNS to automatically create their own resource records on Windows 2000 DNS servers) and troubleshoot any DNS problems that may arise.

DNS performs similar functions to those provided by the Windows NT administrative tool called DNS Manager, but includes support for Dynamic DNS and other aspects of DNS not supported by Windows NT.

Using DNS

You can access DNS by either:

  • Start Programs Administrative Tools DNS

  • Start Programs Administrative Tools Computer Management Services and Applications DNS

  • Installing the DNS snap-in into a new or existing console

The console tree for this tool displays the connected DNS server and the zones configured on it. A typical console tree looks like this:

DNS   DNS server name       Forward Lookup Zones  Root zone  Zone          Zone . . .        Reverse Lookup Zones  Zone  Zone . . . 

The root zone is identified by a dot (.) while the other zones represent your Windows 2000 domains (which are named as DNS domains). Reverse-lookup zones are optional. For more information on how DNS works, see DNS .

Action Menu

Under the Action menu you can select the following:

DNS node

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