"Phillip Windell" <philwind***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eqqa08n$JHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "SBS user" <u***@domain.com> wrote in message
> news:%23v2KrQn$JHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I have a domain where the system was setup internally as domain.org instead
>>of domain.local.  The problem is that we do not host our website so when
>>the employees try to go to our website the system looks internally for it
>>and finds nothing.  Is there a setting we can change so that when people
>>try to browse to domain.org the DNS sends them out of the local network to
>>find the website that is hosted offsite?  I do not want to rename the whole
>>domain as domain.local (even though I know it should have been setup that
>>way to begin with, someone else set it up before me)
>
> The ".local" is a bad choice.  That was some kind of push from the SBS crew
> to use that, but it was a bad idea.  The TLD should not have more than three
> letters,...some OS's have a hard time with one that is over 3 letters.  If
> you wanted to use "local",...then ".loc" would be a better choice
>
> Secondly there is nothing wrong with having the AD Domain the same as the
> Public Name.
> Just create a Host Record  (an "A" Record) in the DNS Zone.
> Call it "www".
> Give it the Public IP# of the web site.

> "Phillip Windell" <philwind***@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:eqqa08n$JHA.3***@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > "SBS user" <u***@domain.com> wrote in message
> >news:%23v2KrQn$JHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>I have a domain where the system was setup internally as domain.org instead
> >>of domain.local.  The problem is that we do not host our website so when
> >>the employees try to go to our website the system looks internally for it
> >>and finds nothing.  Is there a setting we can change so that when people
> >>try to browse to domain.org the DNS sends them out of the local network to
> >>find the website that is hosted offsite?  I do not want to rename the whole
> >>domain as domain.local (even though I know it should have been setup that
> >>way to begin with, someone else set it up before me)
>
> > The ".local" is a bad choice.  That was some kind of push from the SBS crew
> > to use that, but it was a bad idea.  The TLD should not have more than three
> > letters,...some OS's have a hard time with one that is over 3 letters.  If
> > you wanted to use "local",...then ".loc" would be a better choice
>
> > Secondly there is nothing wrong with having the AD Domain the same as the
> > Public Name.
> > Just create a Host Record  (an "A" Record) in the DNS Zone.
> > Call it "www".
> > Give it the Public IP# of the web site.
>
> Hi Phillip,
>
> I just want to add for the poster, this solution is the best solution to get to the external same-name website. However, if the poster wants to go tohttp://domain.org(without the www), it is a little more complex due to the 'split-zone' scenario in place (same name internal/external) because EACH domain controller registers themselves into DNS with an IP address as:
> (same as parent)   A   x.x.x.x
>
> This record is actually called the LdapIpAddress. Each DC registers one for itself. AD uses that record for a number of things, such as DC to DC replication, Sysvol replication, GPOs and DFS. Don't mess with it please.
>
> To get around that, on EACH DC, install IIS. In the default website properties, directory tab, redirect it towww.domain.com, which will redirect it to the www record that was created.
>
> Otherwise, just live with the fact the users always get to it with the www in front of it.
>
> --
> Ace
>
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> Ace Fekay, MCT, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
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>
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