DNS resolve .com domain on local domain
- by Joost Verdaasdonk
I'm building a local 2008 R2 domain as a test case to be able to write a roadmap for the real new domain that needs to be created soon.
What I would like to know if I'm able to make a record in DNS that will point the domain name:
www.example.com and example.com to one of the servers in my network.
I tried creating an a-record for it but that doesn't work. To be honest I'm not even sure if this is possible?
So can I do this? That way I would be able to fully test all our services (and webb app) offline before I build the real domain and switch the DNS records at the provider.
Some advice if possible and where to start is appreciated.
The solution (Thanks Brent):
Create new Forward lookup zone pointing to example.com
Create empty A record pointing to IP of the webserver you are targeting
If www is needed create A record with Name: www and IP of your webserver
sub domains repeat the process but then with names for example: sub or
www.sub (and ip your webserver)
Be aware of the DNS Cache while you are in this process. Things can take time or do the following:
Right click the server and choose clear cache
in CMD: ipconfig /flushdns (to flush the client cache)
