Forgive me, I was too quick on the [Del] key and don't remember the exact subject header for this thread.
If I'm understand you correctly, your connectivity is fine up until the point where you install DNS on your domain controller, correct? Is there a Root Hints zone configured on your DNS server? If so, it needs to die a swift death. Open your DNS console - if you see a zone called "." under "Forward Lookup Zones", delete it. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;300202#8 In layman's terms, a Root Hints zone on your DNS server tells your clients that "My DNS server is authoritative for the ENTIRE INTERNET. So if I don't know where it is, I'm going to declare it unfindable, rather than going out to my IPS's DNS server or Microsoft or Google's DNS server or something equally sensible." ********************************************* Laura E. Hunter MCT, MCSE: Security, MVP - Windows Networking Senior IT Specialist University of Pennsylvania ******************************************** List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
