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Use the following steps to install DNS on your Windows NT 4.0 Server:?

? 3lick the Start button, point to Settings, and then click 3ontrol Panel. Double-click the Network icon,
and then click the Services tab. ?
2.? 3lick Add, select Microsoft DNS Server from the Select Network Service dialog box, and then click
OK.
3.? Type the location of your Windows NT source files, click OK, and then click 3lose.

: If you have any service packs installed, you will need to re-apply your service pack before
restarting your computer.
4.? uestart your computer.

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£athering Information:

Before you actually begin configuring the DNS server, there is some basic information you will need. Some
of this information must be approved by Internic for use on the Internet, but if you are configuring this
server for internal use only, you can then decide what names and IP addresses to use. You will need:?

@? Your domain name (must be approved by Internic)

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@? The IP address of each server for which you wish to provide name resolution

@? The host names of each of the servers in step above

: The servers in the step above may be your mail servers, any public access servers, FTP servers,
WWW servers, and so on.

For example, use the following information (substitute your actual information where appropriate): ?
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3reating Your DNS Server:

Using the information above, configure your Microsoft DNS server by doing the following:

? 3lick the Start button, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS
Manager. ?
2.? From the DNS menu, click New Server.
3.? Type the IP address of your DNS server in the Add DNS Server dialog box (192.168.58.15 in the
example information), and then click OK.
: It is not necessary to restart the DNS server for changes to your zones to take effect. All that is
required is for the server data files to be updated using the following step: ?

@? In DNS Manager, right-click your DNS server, and click Update Server Data Files. ?

3reating Your ueverse Lookup Zone:

Some applications use a reverse query to a DNS server to find the host name of a host when it has the IP
address of the computer. You must configure a reverse lookup zone to provide this capability.

: ueverse lookup zones may not be necessary in your network, but it is recommended that one be
present. NSLOOKUP run on the DNS server will fail if no reverse lookup zone is configured.

To create a reverse lookup zone, perform the following steps: ?

? In DNS Manager, right-click your DNS server, and then click New Zone.?
2.? 3lick Primary from the "3reating New Zone for" dialog box, and then click Next.
3.? The Zone Name is derived from your IP network address. In the example information, the Zone
Name is 58.168.192.in-addr.arpa. Type your reverse zone name (the least significant part of the IP
address, and work toward the most significant part of the address). For example:

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: The syntax of the reverse lookup zone is imperative to its operation.

9.? After you type the reverse lookup zone name, press Tab and the reverse lookup zone file name will
automatically fill in using the zone name in step 3 appended by ".dns" (without the quotes).
10.? 3lick Next, and then click Finish.

3reating Your Forward Lookup Zone:?

? In DNS Manager, right-click your server, and then click New Zone.?
2.? 3lick Primary Zone, and then click Next.
3.? Type the Zone Name for your DNS domain. This is the domain name that is registered with Internic
(<Domain.com> in the example).
4.? Press Tab, click Next, and then click Finish.

When you have created the forward lookup zone, you should see three records automatically created in that
zone: the NS record, the SOA record, and an A record. If you do not have all three of these, you may want
to verify that your DNS settings in your T3P/IP properties are configured correctly (click the Start button,
point to Settings, click 3ontrol Panel, and then double-click the Network icon).

: The A record will only be created if the zone name matches the domain name.

Adding Host uecords to Your Forward Lookup Zone:

The A record for your DNS server should have been automatically created. However, DNS Manager does not
automatically create the PTu record in the reverse zone for the DNS server. The simplest way to correct this
is to use the following steps:?

? uight-click the A record for your DNS server, and then click Delete uecord. ?
2.? 3lick Yes in the confirmation dialog box.
3.? uight-click your forward zone, <Domain.com>, and then click New Host.
4.? Type the host name of your DNS server and the IP address.
5.? 3lick 3reate Associated PTu uecord to enable it and click Add Host.
6.? 3lick Done.

: uepeat steps 3-5 above for all of the servers that you want to add to your DNS domain.

To verify the PTu records are created successfully, right-click the reverse lookup zone 58.168.192.in-
addr.arpa, and then click uefresh. ?
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A DNS server can be responsible for several different record types. Some of them include, but are not
limited to the following: A, 3NAME, HINFO, MX, NS, and SOA. For details on these and other record types,
please refer to the DNS white paper mentioned earlier in this article.

3reating A 3NAME uecord:

A 3NAME record allows you to use multiple names for the same IP address. This way, you can have users
access the same server for separate functions, such as FTP1.domain.com and WWW.domain.com. Before
you can create the 3NAME record, you must first have an A record, as described earlier.

To create a 3NAME record, perform the following steps:?

? uight-click your forward zone, <Domain.com>, and click New uecord.?

2.? Select 3NAME uecord from the uecord Type list box in the New uesource uecord dialog box.
3.? Type an alternate name for access to this computer. For example, in the sample information earlier
in this article, WWW is an alternate name for FTP1.domain.com.
4.? Type the original host name in "For Host DNS Name." For example, <FTP1.domain.com>.

: It is important to use the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the originating host DNS
name.
5.? 3lick OK.

Now when your users make a query for either of these host names, your DNS server will return the same IP
address.

3reating an MX uecord:

An MX uecord is a Mail Exchange record that points mail programs to your mail servers. To create an MX
record, perform the following steps:?

? uight-click your forward lookup zone, <Domain.com> and then click New uecord.?
2.? Select MX uecord from the uecord Type list box in the New uesource uecord dialog box.
3.? The Host Name (Optional) field is used for the host name of the mail server. However, if you want
users to be able to send mail to your domain using the format USEu Domain.com, then leave the
Host Name field blank. : If the MX record contains the hostname, sending mail to
 user domain.com may not work. There are three ways to resolve this. First, remove the hostname
from the MX record as described in step 3. Second, after the MX record is created with the
hostname, create an "A" record for the domain that has no hostname. Third, delete the existing MX
record and re-create as described in steps one through six in the 3reating an MX record section of
this article.
4.? Type the FQDN of the mail server in the Mail Exchange Server DNS Name, for example,
Mail.domain.com.

: There is a trailing dot, ".", after the Mail Exchange Server DNS Name. The FQDN that is used
for the Mail Exchange Server must have a corresponding A record for that domain. If the Mail
Exchange Server is a different computer than the DNS Server, the DNS Server must know where to
redirect the mail traffic.
5.? The Preference Number is any number from 0 to 65535. In the case of multiple mail servers, this
number identifies which mail server is to be used first. The lower the preference number, the higher
the priority.
6.? 3lick OK.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:?
174419 How to 3onfigure a Subnetted ueverse Lookup Zone on Windows NT ?
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