GUIs Slow Configuration
If you do a lot of DNS server configuration for
client systems, you'd probably like a quicker,
easier method than using the Windows GUIs.
Try these commands at a command prompt. To
list all of a client's DNS servers, type
c:\>netsh interface ip
show dns
To clear the list of DNS servers for a network
adaptor where "Local Area Connection" is the
name of that network adaptor, type
c:\>netsh interface ip
set DNS "Local Area Connection"
static none
To add a DNS server for a network adaptor
where "Local Area Connection" is the name of
that network adaptor, type
c:\>netsh interface ip
set DNS "Local Area Connection"
static 192.168.0.1
Domain DNS Problems
Misconfigured DNS settings are a common
source of problems with Windows domains. A
quick way to check your settings is to perform
a lookup for the domain name itself, which you
can do with this command:
c:\>nslookup <yourdomain>
The command should return a list of IP addresses
that point to each of your DCs. If you get anything
else, check your DNS configuration.
You can also test your DNS configuration by
performing a quick network configuration test
on any Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
system. From a command prompt, type
c:\>netsh diag show test
This test pings all DNS servers and gateways
in your TCP/IP configuration. If you have the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit,
you can use the netdiag or dnsdiag commands
instead, as follows:
C:\>netdiag /test:dns
or
C:\>dnsdiag
If you want to test your public DNS servers from the outside, you can use either one
of these URLs: http://www.dnsreport.com or http://www.dnsstuff.com. To test to see if a
remote DNS server allows zone transfers, use
this command:
c:\> echo ls -d <targetdomain>
| nslookup - <nameserver>
If the name server allows zone transfers for that
domain, it will return all records in the zone.
Otherwise, it will return an error.
BIND Is an Acronym,
Not a Verb
In a DNS server's properties dialog box, you'll
find the BIND Secondaries setting. BIND isn't
a verb—it's an acronym for Berkeley Internet
Name Domain, which is an implementation
of DNS used for handling DNS requests on the
Internet.
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