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Static IP but DNS server from DHCP (Can't use a reservation)

I need to assign the DNS servers to a Virtual Machine via DHCP, but I want the machine to have a static IP address. I cannot use a reservation and go through the usual DHCP process because the VM gets ...
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Handling Bandwidth Bottlenecks with Multiple IP Addresses in IIS Hosting

I have a virtual server which has 3 IPs assigned to one nic(1GB). And this server hosts a website by IIS 7.0. Normally, one IP address is assigned to "www" host name in the DNS Server. And sometimes, ...
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Temporary DNS server

What DNS software is good for temporary usage while doing server maintenance? Since there is not a secondary server available, I would like a solution that can just run on a desktop/laptop just to ...
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Can I create a DC without a DNS Server?

So as the title says, I need to promote a standalone Win2008R2 server to a Domain Controller, and I don't a DNS Server (I think), as there will be no clients connected to the domain, it will be only ...
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BIND DNS SERVER in my Production environment

I would like to start working with a local DNS server in my production. right now instead of working with DNS I'm working with IP Addresses. I would like to know what is the effect of working with ...
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Easier than bind dns for ubuntu [closed]

I'm looking for a simple to use DNS server for my network, I wanna be able to define a set of domains and point them to different IPS within the network. What is an easy solution I could use, I ...
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DNS Server (2008 r2) MMC The server DC01 could not be contacted. The error was: Access was denied

I've just migrated the AD with the whole nine yards, FSMO, PDC, RID, Schema, etc, from an SBS 2003 to a Win 2008 R2 Std. I have managed to have no error in the dcdiag before I demoted the SBS 2003 ...
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How to push my own DNS server to OpenVPN?

I have defined an ubnound DNS server on my VPS and it appears to work. I need to use the DNS server instead of Public DNS IPs because some ISPs have blocked public DNS IPs. My openvpn.conf file is: ...
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How to set up a “public” DNS server on linux server?

I need to set up a DNS server to be used with OpenVPN. I can not use conventional public DNS IPs (Like Google public DNS ones) because all of them are blocked in the ISPs where the OpenVPN clients are ...
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The DNS server machine currently has no DNS domain name

I found the following message inside the DNS Server Event logs. What I should do has been explained inside the message but not sure what exactly it means. Log Name: DNS Server Source: ...
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Problem with accessing a website hosted on a local device connected to the local wireless network

I am running Lighttpd 1.4.28 on an embedded device. Apart from the webserver, I run udhcpd and dnsmasq to allow other devices to connect to my embedded device to access the website. My device has the ...
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Where can I find a really good guide for BIND9?

Hey there, I have installed a BIND9 server on my Linux server. But I was struggling to get it working as I searched for various websites to explain the different settings for BIND. Does anyone know ...
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How to add SRV records to connect Google Talk to federated networks using DynDNS?

I am new and paying user of DynDNS. I'd like users at my domain to have the ability to chat with people connected to the Google Talk network through federated networks (e.g. using Meebo) According to ...
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How to configure email autoconfiguration for a domain?

Outlook and a number of other email clients now feature autodiscovery of mail server settings and it bugs me that I don't have this set up for our domains, but I'm not sure how to do it and a quick ...
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Migrate from Windows 2003 DNS server to Windows 2008 DNS Server

Hello I have windows 2003 server that I used its DNs server , I have about 3000 records on it.Now I have to move to a windows 2008 Web server. How Can I move DNS records ? I find some doc about old ...
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Redirect XMPP with DNS

Is it possible to redirect XMPP using DNS records? I have a domain hosted on a shared host that does not have Jabber support. If possible, I'd like to still have XMPP on this domain, but have it ...
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Creating new TLDs (top level domains)?

This is gonna sound too weird 'cause my basics arent set right... I did read the wikipedia entries, but would appreciate if someone could help my understanind abit... What really prevents me from ...
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Cheapest service to host a DNS server?

Apologies for sounding dumb. I'm still trying to figure my way around. I specifically need to setup a public DNS server and would like to know which would be the cheapest datacenter with the minimum ...
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How do I find out details of what software a DNS server is using?

I need to get details of the software being used. I have the IP addresses.
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How to make my domain name a Name server

i got a dedicated server and a domain name. they sent me a didikit login and an ip, now i want to make my own name servers like this : dn1.mydomain.com and dn2.mydomain.com How to do that and i ...
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Setting up authorative DNS nameserver with PfSense?

I am trying to run point a domain at my pfsense server and have it run a DNS server which is authorative. So I installed TinyDNS. Ok, so I setup a rule in pf. The rule is TCP/UDP. Source interface is ...
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DNS Server Fails to Install on Windows Standard 2008

When I add the DNS Role in Windows Standard 2008, it will run through the install process and then fail. It's a windows 64-bit standalone box. Any common pitfalls? Update I logged in as the ...
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Will SRV records ever become usefull?

In DNS an SRV record really is a pretty generic form of telling a remote client where a specific service is hosted. At this moment I use it for allowing people to call me using a SIP client over the ...
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How to repopulate DNS from Active Directory?

In some point of time (I don't know when...) the DNS on a Windows 2003 Server gets populated with all computers on Active Directory. There is any way to repopulate it again? For instance, when ...