Can anyone recommend some free (if possible) tools to check that DNS is
working fine on a machine

I've moved a few servers from an NT domain into an AD2003 domain - and
a couple of them are having issues like not listing users and security
groups properly when trying to add users to folder permissions etc.

Thanks

Richard

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rpclloyd@aol.com wrote:
> Can anyone recommend some free (if possible) tools to check that DNS is
> working fine on a machine
>
> I've moved a few servers from an NT domain into an AD2003 domain - and
> a couple of them are having issues like not listing users and security
> groups properly when trying to add users to folder permissions etc.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
>

rpclloyd@aol.com wrote:
> Can anyone recommend some free (if possible) tools to check that DNS
> is working fine on a machine
>
> I've moved a few servers from an NT domain into an AD2003 domain - and
> a couple of them are having issues like not listing users and security
> groups properly when trying to add users to folder permissions etc.

The hardest part in moving from NT4 Domains to Active Directory Domains is
understanding why the TCP/IP configuration that worked so well with NT4
doesn't work with Active Directory, which shows up as DNS errors in the log.

The first thing you must do for AD is to run one or more internal DNS
servers, for all internal clients to use. It is preferable to use the AD
Domain controllers for hosting the internal DNS because only Domain
Controllers can host zones stored in Active Directory (Active Directory
Integrated aka ADI). ADI zones are preferred because it allows dynamic
updated zones with security that require authentication before the update is
allowed. IF the clients are Windows 2000 or Windows XP, it is required that
they use the internal DNS server, exclusively. No external or ISP DNS
allowed in any position of an AD domain member.



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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:> The hardest part in moving from NT4
Domains to Active Directory
> Domains is understanding why the TCP/IP configuration that worked so
> well with NT4 doesn't work with Active Directory, which shows up as
> DNS errors in the log.
>
> The first thing you must do for AD is to run one or more internal DNS
> servers, for all internal clients to use. It is preferable to use the
> AD Domain controllers for hosting the internal DNS because only Domain
> Controllers can host zones stored in Active Directory (Active
> Directory Integrated aka ADI). ADI zones are preferred because it
> allows dynamic updated zones with security that require
> authentication before the update is allowed. IF the clients are
> Windows 2000 or Windows XP, it is required that they use the internal
> DNS server, exclusively. No external or ISP DNS allowed in any
> position of an AD domain member.

Netdiag is the best tool for testing DNS in an AD domain, it is installed
with the support tools from the instal CD. Windows 2000, XP and Win2k3 all
have different versions and are not interchangeable.

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