Synopses & Reviews
Comprehensive coverage of DNS Server management.
Manage, optimize, and interconnect your Windows 2000 Active Directory networks using DNS and the vital information contained in this comprehensive volume. Networking expert William Wong provides hands-on detail on every aspect of DNS--the address management protocol used by Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers. It's all here--from installing and configuring DNS, integrating with DHCP and Active Directory, to employing multimaster replication, using the Internet, and optimizing performance. Windows 2000 DNS Server also contains in-depth coverage of DHCP, WINS, remote system administration, and command line management using DNSCMD.EXE and DNSSTAT.EXE. Plus, you'll get 8 pages of network blueprints that illustrate design, installation, and architecture issues.
Learn to:
- Set up and maintain Windows 2000 Active Directory and DNS
- Migrate existing Windows NT and UNIX networks to the Windows 2000 DNS
- Exploit the interaction between Dynamic DNS, Active Directory, and DHCP
- Use DHCP to dynamically update DNS
- Simplify administration with the DNS snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console
- Deploy automatic zone updates and reverse lookup zones using Active Directory-integrated zones
- Centralize and simplify system administration using Active Directory multimaster replication
- Master the DNS command-line tools
Synopsis
"Windows 2000 DNS Server" provides the most current, hands-on, day-to-day DNS management coverage network administrators need. The author is a network consultant who has been testing Windows 2000, including Active Directory and DNS, for clients as well as for "PC Magazine". This book includes 16 pages of color blueprints depicting a design process with multiple environments.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Active Directory, DNS, and Windows 2000.
Chapter 2: How DNS Works.
Chapter 3: DNS and Windows 2000.
Chapter 4: Active Directory.
Chapter 5: Windows 2000 DNS and Active Directory Setup.
Chapter 6: Windows 2000 DNS and Active Directory Setup for a Small Network.
Chapter 7: Windows 2000 DNS and Active Directory Setup for a Medium Network.
Chapter 8: Windows 2000 DNS and Active Directory Setup for a Large Network.
Chapter 9: Windows 2000 DNS and Active Directory Setup for a Distributed Network.
Chapter 10: Configuring Active Directory Using Microsoft Management Console.
Chapter 11: Configuring Windows 2000 DNS Using Microsoft Management Console.
Chapter 12: Windows 2000 DNS Security.
Chapter 13: Windows 2000 DNS Clients.
Chapter 14: Windows 2000 DHCP Configuration.
Chapter 15: Windows 2000 Dynamic DNS and Automatic Naming.
Chapter 16: DNS Replication and Indirection.
Chapter 17: Zone Migration for Windows 2000 DNS.
Chapter 18: Windows 2000 DNS and the Internet.
(and more...)