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How To enable a DHCP server to dynamically update the DNS records of its clients
On a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server, you can dynamically update the DNS records for pre-Windows Server 2003-based clients that cannot do it for themselves. To enable a DHCP server to dynamically update the DNS records of its clients, follow these steps: In the DHCP management console, select the scope or the DHCP server that [...]
How to Configure DNS dynamic updates on a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server
To configure DNS dynamic update for a Windows Server 2003-based DHCP server, follow these steps: Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DHCP. Right-click the appropriate DHCP server or scope, and then click Properties. Click DNS. Click to select the Enable DNS dynamic updates according to the settings below check box to enable DNS dynamic update for clients that [...]
How to Configure DNS dynamic updates on multihomed client computers
If a dynamic update client is multihomed, it registers all its IP addresses with DNS by default. ( A client is multihomed if it has more than one adaptor and an associated IP address.)If you do not want the client to register all its IP addresses, you can configure it not to register one or [...]
How to Configure DNS dynamic updates for DHCP clients
By default, Windows Server 2003-based, Windows 2000-based, and Windows XP-based DHCP clients are configured to request that the client register the A resource record and that the server register the PTR resource record. By default, the name that is used in the DNS registration is a concatenation of the computer name and the primary DNS [...]
How to configure DNS dynamic updates in Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 DNS update features The DNS service lets client computers dynamically update their resource records in DNS. When you use this functionality, you improve DNS administration by reducing the time that it requires to manually manage zone records. You can use the DNS update functionality with DHCP to update resource records when a [...]
How to Change the Role of a DNS Server
After you transfer all of the records, you must remove the old DNS server from the network, and then set the DNS server as the primary DNS server. To set the DNS server as the primary DNS server, follow these steps: Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS. Expand ServerName, where ServerName is the name of the [...]
How to Install DNS and Transfer Records from the Current DNS Server
To Install DNS Log on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs. Click Add or Remove Windows Components. In the Components list, click Networking Services (but do not select or clear the check box), and then click Details. Click to select the Domain Name System (DNS) check [...]
How to modify DNS dynamic update behavior
To modify DNS dynamic update behavior, use any of the following methods: To use a DNS dynamic update to register the IP addresses of this connection and the primary domain name of the computer, select the Register this connection’s addresses in DNS check box. By default, this check box is not selected. The primary domain name [...]
How to modify the resolution behavior for unqualified DNS names
To modify the resolution behavior for unqualified DNS names, follow these steps: To resolve an unqualified name by appending the primary DNS suffix and the DNS suffix of each connection, click Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes. To do this, each connection must be configured. If you also want to search the parent suffixes of [...]
How to configure an additional DNS server IP address
To configure an additional DNS server IP address, follow these steps: Under DNS server addresses, click Add in order of use. In the TCP/IP DNS server box, type the IP address of the DNS server, and then clickAdd.
How to configure TCP/IP
To configure TCP/IP, follow these steps: Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections. Right-click the network connection that you want to configure, and then clickProperties. On the General tab (for a local area connection), or the Networking tab (for all other connections), click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties. If you want to obtain [...]
How to implement SSL in IIS – A step by step guide to install and configure SSL certificates in IIS server
A step by step guide to install and configure SSL certificates in IIS server The following items describe the recommended hardware, software, network infrastructure, skills and knowledge, and service packs that you will need: Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Professional, with Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 and Microsoft Certificate Server version 2.0 installed [...]
How to Use the Address Book to Test SSL Connectivity
This article describes how to configure the Windows 2000 address book to search Active Directory by using SSL or port 636. You can use this type of search to test the connectivity and search capabilities against the Active Directory by using SSL. Configuring the Address Book You can verify that your server authentication certificate is [...]
How to Use Portqry to Troubleshoot Active Directory Connectivity Issues
Portqry is a command-line utility that you can use to help troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues, which you can run on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The utility reports the port status of target Transition Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports on a remote computer. You can also use Portqry in the following [...]
How to Import the DHCP database from Windows 2003 Server to Windows Server 2008-based computer
First move a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) database from a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 as explained in this article. Import the DHCP database 1.      Copy the exported DHCP database file to the local hard disk of the Windows Server 2008-based computer. 2.      Install the DHCP Role on the server. 3.      Stop [...]