Internal domain is .com and can't access website

I just took over support of a 2003 Std server that was setup by someone else
and they named the internal domain with a .com instead of a .local. This
won't allow us to get to our webpage from inside the network. Is there an
entry I can add to the DNS server on the 2003 box to go to our website?? The
website is hosted by Yahoo! Small business with a storefront. I looged into
the Yahoo control panel but I cannot find the IP address of the webpage. Any
help is appreciated.

Thanks

Hello Eric,

You can create a host record and name it www, then point it to the ip address
of the webserver.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I just took over support of a 2003 Std server that was setup by
> someone else and they named the internal domain with a .com instead of
> a .local. This won't allow us to get to our webpage from inside the
> network. Is there an entry I can add to the DNS server on the 2003
> box to go to our website?? The website is hosted by Yahoo! Small
> business with a storefront. I looged into the Yahoo control panel but
> I cannot find the IP address of the webpage. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>

Thanks that's what I was thinking. I was not sure where to add it under the
NDS 'tree'? Is it in the same place as all the A records for my client PC's?

Thanks
"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> You can create a host record and name it www, then point it to the ip address
> of the webserver.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > I just took over support of a 2003 Std server that was setup by
> > someone else and they named the internal domain with a .com instead of
> > a .local. This won't allow us to get to our webpage from inside the
> > network. Is there an entry I can add to the DNS server on the 2003
> > box to go to our website?? The website is hosted by Yahoo! Small
> > business with a storefront. I looged into the Yahoo control panel but
> > I cannot find the IP address of the webpage. Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
>

"Eric" <> wrote in message news:9F693576-C06E-4233-94BD-...
>
> Thanks that's what I was thinking. I was not sure where to add it under the
> NDS 'tree'? Is it in the same place as all the A records for my client PC's?

I'm not sure what you mean by the NDS tree. Did you mean DNS?

As for the A (host) record, simply right-click your domain name in the DNS console, choose New Host (A) record, type in www, and provide the external IP address of the web server.

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Hello Eric,

If you mean DNS then yes, choose the zone name(yourdomain.com) and rightclick
etc. as described from Ace.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Thanks that's what I was thinking. I was not sure where to add it
> under the NDS 'tree'? Is it in the same place as all the A records
> for my client PC's?
>
> Thanks
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>> Hello Eric,
>>
>> You can create a host record and name it www, then point it to the ip
>> address of the webserver.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> I just took over support of a 2003 Std server that was setup by
>>> someone else and they named the internal domain with a .com instead
>>> of a .local. This won't allow us to get to our webpage from inside
>>> the network. Is there an entry I can add to the DNS server on the
>>> 2003 box to go to our website?? The website is hosted by Yahoo!
>>> Small business with a storefront. I looged into the Yahoo control
>>> panel but I cannot find the IP address of the webpage. Any help is
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>

Yes, I meant DNS. I must have fat-fingered it in a hurry.

Thanks for the replies. Is there anyway to find the IP address the website
is on? I have logged into our Yahoo control panel but I cannot find the IP
address anywhere, the only IP's it lists are for the DNS servers.

Also on the DNS entry is it a www followed by a comma?

Thanks again.

Eric

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> If you mean DNS then yes, choose the zone name(yourdomain.com) and rightclick
> etc. as described from Ace.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > Thanks that's what I was thinking. I was not sure where to add it
> > under the NDS 'tree'? Is it in the same place as all the A records
> > for my client PC's?
> >
> > Thanks
> > "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
> >> Hello Eric,
> >>
> >> You can create a host record and name it www, then point it to the ip
> >> address of the webserver.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Meinolf Weber
> >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> >> confers
> >> no rights.
> >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >>> I just took over support of a 2003 Std server that was setup by
> >>> someone else and they named the internal domain with a .com instead
> >>> of a .local. This won't allow us to get to our webpage from inside
> >>> the network. Is there an entry I can add to the DNS server on the
> >>> 2003 box to go to our website?? The website is hosted by Yahoo!
> >>> Small business with a storefront. I looged into the Yahoo control
> >>> panel but I cannot find the IP address of the webpage. Any help is
> >>> appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
>
>
>

Hello Eric,

Just "www" without the quotes. Did you try to ping the website? Otherwise
ask there support.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Yes, I meant DNS. I must have fat-fingered it in a hurry.
>
> Thanks for the replies. Is there anyway to find the IP address the
> website is on? I have logged into our Yahoo control panel but I
> cannot find the IP address anywhere, the only IP's it lists are for
> the DNS servers.
>
> Also on the DNS entry is it a www followed by a comma?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Eric
>
> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Eric,
>>
>> If you mean DNS then yes, choose the zone name(yourdomain.com) and
>> rightclick etc. as described from Ace.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers
>> no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Thanks that's what I was thinking. I was not sure where to add it
>>> under the NDS 'tree'? Is it in the same place as all the A records
>>> for my client PC's?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>>>> Hello Eric,
>>>>
>>>> You can create a host record and name it www, then point it to the
>>>> ip address of the webserver.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Meinolf Weber
>>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
>>>> and
>>>> confers
>>>> no rights.
>>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>>> I just took over support of a 2003 Std server that was setup by
>>>>> someone else and they named the internal domain with a .com
>>>>> instead of a .local. This won't allow us to get to our webpage
>>>>> from inside the network. Is there an entry I can add to the DNS
>>>>> server on the 2003 box to go to our website?? The website is
>>>>> hosted by Yahoo! Small business with a storefront. I looged into
>>>>> the Yahoo control panel but I cannot find the IP address of the
>>>>> webpage. Any help is appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>

"Eric" <> wrote in message news:48C4642F-A474-49CC-8EF6-...
> Yes, I meant DNS. I must have fat-fingered it in a hurry.
>
> Thanks for the replies. Is there anyway to find the IP address the website
> is on? I have logged into our Yahoo control panel but I cannot find the IP
> address anywhere, the only IP's it lists are for the DNS servers.
>
> Also on the DNS entry is it a www followed by a comma?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Eric
>

YOu can follow Meinolf's suggestions to ask Yahoo support.

Another method is to delegate the www as a child domain under your own internal domain to Yahoo's DNS servers. This of course is the better method, but a bit more complicated.

To achieve this:
run nslookup
nslookup
> set q=ns
yahoo.com

You will get an answer such as this:
Non-authoritative answer:
yahoo.com nameserver = ns8.yahoo.com
yahoo.com nameserver = ns2.yahoo.com
yahoo.com nameserver = ns5.yahoo.com
yahoo.com nameserver = ns6.yahoo.com
yahoo.com nameserver = ns4.yahoo.com
yahoo.com nameserver = ns3.yahoo.com
yahoo.com nameserver = ns1.yahoo.com

ns8.yahoo.com internet address = 202.165.104.22
ns2.yahoo.com internet address = 68.142.255.16
ns5.yahoo.com internet address = 119.160.247.124
ns6.yahoo.com internet address = 202.43.223.170
ns4.yahoo.com internet address = 68.142.196.63
ns3.yahoo.com internet address = 121.101.152.99
ns1.yahoo.com internet address = 68.180.131.16

Then for the 8 nameservers (Yahoo's DNS servers), you will delegate the www child domain as thus:

Right click your domain, new Child delegation, type in www.
Then provide the 8 IP addresses you see above.
No other records are needed to be created.

This is needed because they change their settings periodically, as well as that they have mulitple webservers in a farm hosting their site. This is because of the mass amount of users that access it. I wouldn't doubt that they may have 30+ servers. The delegation will ask their DNS servers for the current www IP address when it resolves it.

Ace

Thank you for all the help! I have got it working now.

Eric

"Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]" wrote:

> "Eric" <> wrote in message news:48C4642F-A474-49CC-8EF6-...
> > Yes, I meant DNS. I must have fat-fingered it in a hurry.
> >
> > Thanks for the replies. Is there anyway to find the IP address the website
> > is on? I have logged into our Yahoo control panel but I cannot find the IP
> > address anywhere, the only IP's it lists are for the DNS servers.
> >
> > Also on the DNS entry is it a www followed by a comma?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Eric
> >
>
> YOu can follow Meinolf's suggestions to ask Yahoo support.
>
> Another method is to delegate the www as a child domain under your own internal domain to Yahoo's DNS servers. This of course is the better method, but a bit more complicated.
>
> To achieve this:
> run nslookup
> nslookup
> > set q=ns
> yahoo.com
>
> You will get an answer such as this:
> Non-authoritative answer:
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns8.yahoo.com
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns2.yahoo.com
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns5.yahoo.com
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns6.yahoo.com
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns4.yahoo.com
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns3.yahoo.com
> yahoo.com nameserver = ns1.yahoo.com
>
> ns8.yahoo.com internet address = 202.165.104.22
> ns2.yahoo.com internet address = 68.142.255.16
> ns5.yahoo.com internet address = 119.160.247.124
> ns6.yahoo.com internet address = 202.43.223.170
> ns4.yahoo.com internet address = 68.142.196.63
> ns3.yahoo.com internet address = 121.101.152.99
> ns1.yahoo.com internet address = 68.180.131.16
>
> Then for the 8 nameservers (Yahoo's DNS servers), you will delegate the www child domain as thus:
>
> Right click your domain, new Child delegation, type in www.
> Then provide the 8 IP addresses you see above.
> No other records are needed to be created.
>
> This is needed because they change their settings periodically, as well as that they have mulitple webservers in a farm hosting their site. This is because of the mass amount of users that access it. I wouldn't doubt that they may have 30+ servers. The delegation will ask their DNS servers for the current www IP address when it resolves it.
>
> Ace
>
>
>
>
>

"Eric" <> wrote in message news:660EBA9E-2FA9-418B-9062-...
> Thank you for all the help! I have got it working now.
>
> Eric
>

Good to hear!

btw - Curious, what method did you follow for your solution?

Ace