DNS Help

[hava333]

I have just registered a domain at Godaddy.com and need help setting everything up. I have windows 2003 Enterprise. I would like to setup DNS and IIS.

Can somebody walk me through this, i have no idea what im doing. Any help is appreciated.

Thnaks Hava

[peachy]

Welcome, Hava!

What hosting option did you select? Which DNS server will be authoritative for your domain name? A Godaddy DNS server? If so, then you will have to ask Godaddy to add either a HOST or ALIAS record in their DNS server to point to your Windows Server 2003 IIS server's IP address. If they are not hosting the namespace for your domain then you will have to setup your own DNS server. You can use the DNS wizard in Windows Server 2003 to step you through in creating the namespace records for your domain. It would be helpful to answer these questions first.

[hava333]

I want to setup DNS on Windows 2003. But i have no idea what im supposed to do after that.

[peachy]

Yes, but why? If Godaddy is already authoritative for your domain name on one of their servers then you won't be able to setup your own DNS server to do the same thing. If they aren't then we can go through the DNS setup. Unless of course you just want to learn how to setup a DNS server? If you want a to setup your own DNS server to manage your own domain name then you will need a number of prerequisites. First, you will need a static IP address from your ISP that is publicly accessible. Second, you will have to make sure your domain name registration lists that IP address as the primary DNS server authoritative for your domain. It's always good practice to have a secondary DNS server listed. In this case another IP address you own or another DNS server that can act as a secondary DNS server for your domain.

Also, you may want to read this Microsoft article on how to set up DNS for publicly accessible sites: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;324260