Install Microsoft DNS Server
1. Click St art, point to Settings, and then c lick Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click Add and Remove Windows Components.
4. The Windows Components Wizard st arts. Click Next.
5. Click Networking Services, and then c lick Details.
6. Click t o select the Domain Name System (DNS) check box, and t hen click
OK.
7. Click OK to st art server Setup. The DNS server and tool files are copied
to your computer.
8. Continue t o the next step to configure t he DNS server.
Configure the DNS Server Using DNS Manager
These steps guide you through configuring DNS by using the DNS Manager
snap-in in Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
1. Click St art, point to Programs, point t o Administrative Tools, and then
click DNS Manager. You see two zones under you r computer name:
Forward Lookup Zone and Reverse Lookup Zone.
2. The DNS Server Configuration Wizard starts. Click Next.
3. If the Wizard does not auto -start, right-click your server name object in the DNS Manager
cons ole and choose Configure your Server.
4. Choose to add a forward lookup zone. Click Next. The new forward
lookup zone must be a primary zone so t hat it can ac cept dynamic
updates. Click Primary, and then c lick Next.
5. The zone name must be exac tly the same as your Ac tive Direc tory
Domain name, or, if on a stand- alone or workgroup environment - the
same as the suffix for all of the net work c omputers that are to register
with t his DNS server. Type the name of the zone, and then c lick Next.
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