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Hi!,

> im testing Bind 9.2 with W2k-Active Directory... after hours of work
> the bind server runs and the W2k server works also.
> 
> a look at the zone file of the domain shows......
> 
> $origin.
> test.com        in SOA ........
>                 (......
>                 ....)
>                 NS ns1.test.com.
> 
>          .... that the w2k server has created an A record:
> 
> $TTL 600        ; 10 minutes
>                 A       172.16.10.10
> 
> my question:
> 
> if i take a real domainname (for internal and maybe also for
> external use) -> is it a good idea to create the
> w2k domain at the top or
> is it better to create a subdomain (ex:  win.test.com)
> to put all the server and clients into the subdomain.

By domain are you refering to the Windows concept of a domain or are you
talking about the domain of the company.  In theory, you would have it as the
top of your domain.  For example:

If you have a company with a domain name of "mycompany.com" and the domain
name is "mycompany", then you want the AD to register with your DNS server at
the top level.  That is: "myserver.mycompany.com" should be the intended
domain name structure you are looking for.  If you are creating a Win server
which forms a sub-domain within your company like "marketing", then you will
want to look at creating a subdomain rather than placing things at the top
level.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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