Specifying your ISP's DNS servers in your network setup won't be an issue, Dave.
If the root hints are even close to being correct, your DNS server configuration should be fine. To test whether your DNS server is doing the job, issue a single command line query that you know is going to test your server. I like using nslookup as a single command line, like this: nslookup www.google.com 192.168.0.1 Of course, you'd change that IP address to whatever your DNS server is supposed to be. Now, if that's not working, I'd tell you to check your firewall settings. Are you allowing your mail server to send packets to 53/udp? If you're using packet filtering (ugh!) instead of stateful inspection, are you allowing inbound arbitrary high ports with udp? Andrew 8) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Semi-OT: Stupid DNS question... > > Hi, All- > > I am missing something about Windows DNS servers/resolvers... > > I'm using W2K and W2003 servers with the respective MS DNS > servers on my mail servers. I have installed DNS servers in > cache-only mode. The root hints appear to be correct. > Recursion is enabled and no forwarders are specified. My > ISP's resolvers are specified in the network setup. > > How can I set these servers to query the root servers and > resolve addresses on their own without going through an > intermediary resolver at my ISP? > > When I remove the ISP's resolvers from the network setup on > the machines, the DNS servers don't resolve anything. > > -Dave Doherty > Skywaves, Inc. > > > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be > found at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
