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NT4 DNS Server on toy LAN / RAS

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From: Iain M Lee
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:28
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I've set up a caching DNS on a Linux server which serves my LAN using
Demon's servers as forwarders - it works fine.  However, I can't seem to do
the same with NT Server.  I can get name resolution of the local machines
but not for external names.  I've quoted the forwarders in DNS manager but
get these results even when working on the server:

On DNS server whilst connected to Internet and Demon's DNS servers as
forwarders:
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E:\>nslookup www.demon.net
Server:  menelaus.localdomain
Address:  10.100.100.1

DNS request timed out.
    timeout was 2 seconds.
*** menelaus.localdomain can't find www.demon.net: Non-existent domain

E:\>ping www.demon.net

Pinging www.demon.net [194.159.254.213] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 194.159.254.213: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=252
Reply from 194.159.254.213: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=252
Reply from 194.159.254.213: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=252
Reply from 194.159.254.213: bytes=32 time=141ms TTL=252

Am I missing something or is it a limitation of NT and RAS?

Iain Lee
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From: "Iain M Lee" <menelaus20@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: demon.ip.support.nt
Subject: NT4 DNS Server on toy LAN / RAS
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:28:11 -0000
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