?.<domain> DNS Problem/Question Wingate 6.1.2

[olaf.krause]

Hi,

I set up a new wingate server in a active directory domain. Now there is one problem left:
The wingate server (DNS) regularly runs into a deadlock after something requested the ip of ?.<mydomain> e.g. "?.heise.de". My locale AD domain is <subdomain>.<mydomain>. The AD DNS has a forward entry to the wingate DNS which connects to my ISPs DNSs to resolve external names (set up in the DSN resolver settings).
The wingate server is a standalone Win XP (not in the AD domain). Its local NICS are configured with the wingate server (local ip) as DNS server. All internal machines which should be available via name are set up via hosts file. Also the AD DNS is entered in the advanced DNS TAB to avoid circular DNS requests.

I can reproduce the problem via "nslookup ?.<mydomain>" if I enter something like "nslookup ?.<some other domainnames>" I get a correct error message that the name is not available.

What could be wrong?

[adrien]

Its local NICS are configured with the wingate server (local ip) as DNS server

This is also a loop, so you'll need to enter this IP also into the advanced options to stop WinGate using itself as a DNS server.

Adrien

[olaf.krause]

Its local NICS are configured with the wingate server (local ip) as DNS server

This is also a loop, so you'll need to enter this IP also into the advanced options to stop WinGate using itself as a DNS server.

Adrien

thx this was too easy to find ;)