help with an alias?

We have a blog at companyname.blogspot.com and our web host service has set
up or public dns so blog.companyname.com forwards to it. I'm trying to get
that to happen internally, the domain is companyname.com. I tried an alias
record for blog pointing to companyname.blogspot.com but that doesn't do it.
I tried a host with blog pointing the public ip address for
blog.companyname.com but that brings up a google server saying no such page.
How can I accomplish this?
Thank you.

"dlw" <> wrote in message
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> We have a blog at companyname.blogspot.com and our web host service has
> set
> up or public dns so blog.companyname.com forwards to it. I'm trying to
> get
> that to happen internally, the domain is companyname.com. I tried an
> alias
> record for blog pointing to companyname.blogspot.com but that doesn't do
> it.
> I tried a host with blog pointing the public ip address for
> blog.companyname.com but that brings up a google server saying no such
> page.
> How can I accomplish this?
> Thank you.


You need to create a zone called blogspot.com, and create a host record
called companyname, and provide the internal IP.

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thank you, but I don't understand what internal IP to use.
what I want to happen is, when you enter blog.companyname.com into a
browser, that goes to companyname.blogspot.com.

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:

> "dlw" <> wrote in message
> news:8C8BB5DD-8410-4069-A099-...
> > We have a blog at companyname.blogspot.com and our web host service has
> > set
> > up or public dns so blog.companyname.com forwards to it. I'm trying to
> > get
> > that to happen internally, the domain is companyname.com. I tried an
> > alias
> > record for blog pointing to companyname.blogspot.com but that doesn't do
> > it.
> > I tried a host with blog pointing the public ip address for
> > blog.companyname.com but that brings up a google server saying no such
> > page.
> > How can I accomplish this?
> > Thank you.
>
>
> You need to create a zone called blogspot.com, and create a host record
> called companyname, and provide the internal IP.
>
> --
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum for collaboration benefit among
> responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your resolution.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCT, MCITP EA, MCTS Windows 2008 & Exchange 2007, MCSE & MCSA
> 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
> For urgent issues, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check
> http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
>
> .
>

"dlw" <> wrote in message
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> thank you, but I don't understand what internal IP to use.
> what I want to happen is, when you enter blog.companyname.com into a
> browser, that goes to companyname.blogspot.com.

It is not an internal IP#,...it is a public IP#

Problem,... once you create a Zone called "blogspot.com" then your own DNS
becomes authoritative for that domain,...meaning that any and all other
bogs/sites hosted by "blogspot.com" will be unreachable to you unless you
create records for them in your own DNS which is basically impossible.

What you did originally in your DNS by creating a Host entry called "blog"
and give it the Public IP# of the blog *should have worked*. You had to
have done something wrong there,...that is what you need to look at. The
CNAME you created should have worked too,..don't know why it didn't.


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Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Phillip Windell" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "dlw" <> wrote in message
> news:2FC09A24-970D-4971-A588-...
>> thank you, but I don't understand what internal IP to use.
>> what I want to happen is, when you enter blog.companyname.com into a
>> browser, that goes to companyname.blogspot.com.
>
> It is not an internal IP#,...it is a public IP#
>
> Problem,... once you create a Zone called "blogspot.com" then your own DNS
> becomes authoritative for that domain,...meaning that any and all other
> bogs/sites hosted by "blogspot.com" will be unreachable to you unless you
> create records for them in your own DNS which is basically impossible.
>
> What you did originally in your DNS by creating a Host entry called
> "blog" and give it the Public IP# of the blog *should have worked*. You
> had to have done something wrong there,...that is what you need to look
> at. The CNAME you created should have worked too,..don't know why it
> didn't.
>
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>


Then I misunderstood he initial post. I thought, an construed as the way it
was explained, that his web server is internal, hence the reason for my
suggestion, not realizing that 'blogspot.com' is an actual external domain.
Yes, I've heard of it before, it just didn't hit me that it was the same.

So then if the zone is external, I'm curious if from an external location
(not in the network), whether http://companyname.blogspot.com works?

Ace

the problem is, the public IP for companyname.blogspot.com, when I ping it to
come up with an IP, then plug that into a browser, it comes up with a google
server error message saying the page doesn't exist. (blogspot is google, you
know)
In fact, ping any whatever.blogspot.com blog site and browse to it, and you
either get an error or the standard google home page.

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:

> "Phillip Windell" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > "dlw" <> wrote in message
> > news:2FC09A24-970D-4971-A588-...
> >> thank you, but I don't understand what internal IP to use.
> >> what I want to happen is, when you enter blog.companyname.com into a
> >> browser, that goes to companyname.blogspot.com.
> >
> > It is not an internal IP#,...it is a public IP#
> >
> > Problem,... once you create a Zone called "blogspot.com" then your own DNS
> > becomes authoritative for that domain,...meaning that any and all other
> > bogs/sites hosted by "blogspot.com" will be unreachable to you unless you
> > create records for them in your own DNS which is basically impossible.
> >
> > What you did originally in your DNS by creating a Host entry called
> > "blog" and give it the Public IP# of the blog *should have worked*. You
> > had to have done something wrong there,...that is what you need to look
> > at. The CNAME you created should have worked too,..don't know why it
> > didn't.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Phillip Windell
> >
> > The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> > Microsoft,
> > or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>
> Then I misunderstood he initial post. I thought, an construed as the way it
> was explained, that his web server is internal, hence the reason for my
> suggestion, not realizing that 'blogspot.com' is an actual external domain.
> Yes, I've heard of it before, it just didn't hit me that it was the same.
>
> So then if the zone is external, I'm curious if from an external location
> (not in the network), whether http://companyname.blogspot.com works?
>
> Ace
>
>
> .
>

"dlw" <> wrote in message
news:A47523B8-9DFC-46F9-9355-...
> the problem is, the public IP for companyname.blogspot.com, when I ping it
> to
> come up with an IP, then plug that into a browser, it comes up with a
> google
> server error message saying the page doesn't exist. (blogspot is google,
> you
> know)
> In fact, ping any whatever.blogspot.com blog site and browse to it, and
> you
> either get an error or the standard google home page.

I see. I didn't know blogspot is a Google thing, since I've never used it.

They may be using a webfarm controlled by hostheaders, so it has to be
connected by browser using the URL because it redirects to some other URL,
and they may also possibly be controlling it based on the 'referrer', so
creating the zone, or creating a cname may not work.

Instead of using ping, use nslookup:
c:\nslookup
> companyname.blogpsot.com

You may get a cname as an answer. If that is the case, you can try using
that name to create a zone. But I kind of think that may not work,either.

So what is wrong to have your users simply type in companyname.blogspot.com?
Is it just for asthetics?

Ace

well here's the deal, on our external hosted web site, the link is
blog.companyname.com, it's that way for marketing purposes, and when the
marketing department clicks on it, "it doesn't work" so it becomes an issue
for me. But hey, that's life.

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:

> "dlw" <> wrote in message
> news:A47523B8-9DFC-46F9-9355-...
> > the problem is, the public IP for companyname.blogspot.com, when I ping it
> > to
> > come up with an IP, then plug that into a browser, it comes up with a
> > google
> > server error message saying the page doesn't exist. (blogspot is google,
> > you
> > know)
> > In fact, ping any whatever.blogspot.com blog site and browse to it, and
> > you
> > either get an error or the standard google home page.
>
> I see. I didn't know blogspot is a Google thing, since I've never used it.
>
> They may be using a webfarm controlled by hostheaders, so it has to be
> connected by browser using the URL because it redirects to some other URL,
> and they may also possibly be controlling it based on the 'referrer', so
> creating the zone, or creating a cname may not work.
>
> Instead of using ping, use nslookup:
> c:\nslookup
> > companyname.blogpsot.com
>
> You may get a cname as an answer. If that is the case, you can try using
> that name to create a zone. But I kind of think that may not work,either.
>
> So what is wrong to have your users simply type in companyname.blogspot.com?
> Is it just for asthetics?
>
> Ace
>
>
>
>
>
> .
>

"Toothsome Papa" <> wrote in message
news:8A4CF1F5-D674-4E65-BCAF-...
> well here's the deal, on our external hosted web site, the link is
> blog.companyname.com, it's that way for marketing purposes, and when the
> marketing department clicks on it, "it doesn't work" so it becomes an
> issue
> for me. But hey, that's life.
>


Ok, so they 'want' it that way...

So far, you've created a cname (alias) under companyname.com called 'blog'
and pointed it to companyname.blogspot.com and it doesn't work, correct?

And you've also tried creating a hostname record called 'blog' under
companyname.com pointing to the IP address of companyname.blogspot.com
(which you got the IP address from running an nslookup), and that doesn't
work.

Correct so far?

Other than that, where is that link that they click on? Is it in the SBS
CompanySite? If so, how about just creating the link called
"blog.companyname.com" but the underlying hyperlink is actually
companyname.blogspot.com? This way to the marketing (and anyone else looking
at it internally), it looks like blog.companyname.com, but it actually is
something else underneath.

Ace

OK, here's how Google works, you put in an alias that points
blog.companyname.com to ghs.google.com. I have no idea how or why it works,
but it does. BTW, just typing ghs.google.com into a web browser give an
error page, so how does the alias work?

"Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:

> "Toothsome Papa" <> wrote in message
> news:8A4CF1F5-D674-4E65-BCAF-...
> > well here's the deal, on our external hosted web site, the link is
> > blog.companyname.com, it's that way for marketing purposes, and when the
> > marketing department clicks on it, "it doesn't work" so it becomes an
> > issue
> > for me. But hey, that's life.
> >
>
>
> Ok, so they 'want' it that way...
>
> So far, you've created a cname (alias) under companyname.com called 'blog'
> and pointed it to companyname.blogspot.com and it doesn't work, correct?
>
> And you've also tried creating a hostname record called 'blog' under
> companyname.com pointing to the IP address of companyname.blogspot.com
> (which you got the IP address from running an nslookup), and that doesn't
> work.
>
> Correct so far?
>
> Other than that, where is that link that they click on? Is it in the SBS
> CompanySite? If so, how about just creating the link called
> "blog.companyname.com" but the underlying hyperlink is actually
> companyname.blogspot.com? This way to the marketing (and anyone else looking
> at it internally), it looks like blog.companyname.com, but it actually is
> something else underneath.
>
> Ace
>
>
>
> .
>