Hello all, At our organization we have created a new domain with new servers and routers. Our problem is we still need to be able to access resources on the domain we came off of. We have the two netowrks connected and are able to ping resources by IP address. We have a route in the firewall that allows this. What is needed in DNS to allow us to communicate via name instead of IP? Hopethis makes since. This is my first time using Server 2008R2 standard and setting up a new network. Matt

On both DNS infrastructures, set up conditional forwarding so that you can resolve names in each others domain. That's it!! Once you have that set up, you will be able to set up AD trusts if needed. DNS Conditional Forwarding in Server 2008/2008 R2 http://itgeared.com/configuring-dns-conditional-forwarding_01 Guides and tutorials, visit ITGeared.com.

JM, After setting the conditional forwarders on both domains, I still have to put the FQDN in to be able to get to the other network resources. Is the way it is or did I still miss something? Thanks. Matt Griffin

Do you have another method for NetBIOS name resolution such as WINS? Otherwise, you could configure your clients to append various search suffixes, but fully qualifying host names is generally expected, i.e. when you visit google or bing, you dont just type http://google, you have to provide the FQDN. If you had resources in both domains configured to register with a central WINS infrastructure, that would do the trick. However, if you don't have WINS today, not sure if you would really want to implement that. NetBIOS is on its way out. Guides and tutorials, visit ITGeared.com.

On both DNS infrastructures, set up conditional forwarding so that you can resolve names in each others domain. That's it!! Once you have that set up, you will be able to set up AD trusts if needed. DNS Conditional Forwarding in Server 2008/2008 R2 http://itgeared.com/configuring-dns-conditional-forwarding_01 Guides and tutorials, visit ITGeared.com.

You need to append DNS suffixes for both domains. Specify a list of DNS suffixes to try during name resolution. In the nic's properties, TCP/IP, advanced, DNS.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Do you have another method for NetBIOS name resolution such as WINS? Otherwise, you could configure your clients to append various search suffixes, but fully qualifying host names is generally expected, i.e. when you visit google or bing, you dont just type http://google, you have to provide the FQDN. If you had resources in both domains configured to register with a central WINS infrastructure, that would do the trick. However, if you don't have WINS today, not sure if you would really want to implement that. NetBIOS is on its way out. Guides and tutorials, visit ITGeared.com.