Use the following steps to
do that:
1. In either the Server Manager or the DNS Manager under Forward Lookup
Zones, right-click the zone to which you want to add DDNS, and click
Properties.
2. In the General tab, opposite Dynamic Updates, open the drop-down list and
click Nonsecure And Secure, if it isn??™t already selected. (If the DNS server has
been integrated with Active Directory, you??™ll also have the option of Secure
Only. Chapter 7 explains how you can click to allow only secure updates if you
wish.)
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3. Click OK to close the zone??™s Properties dialog box.
4. In the Server Manager, in the console tree, under Roles open DHCP Server |
Server | IPv4.
5. Right-click the scope that you want to tie to the DNS zone you have been
working on and click Properties.
6. In the DNS tab, make sure Enable DNS Dynamic Updates??¦ is checked and
then click Always Dynamically Update DNS A And PTR Records.
7. Click OK to close the Scope Properties dialog box. Close either the Server
Manager or the DNS Manager, whichever you had open.
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Test DNS
You can test to see whether DNS is working by doing the following:
?–? Trying to use it
?– Using a test facility in DNS
?–? Using Nslookup in the Command Prompt window, if you created a reverse
lookup zone
Quickly try all three of these.
1. Click Start, click in the Start Search text box, type \\ followed by a computer
name on the network, and press enter.
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