A Forwarder is a DNS Server to which other DNS Server forward queries.
Types of Forwarders
o Standard
o Conditional
Conditional Forwarder: A conditional forwarder is a DNS server on a network that is used to forward DNS queries according to the DNS domain name in the query. For example, a DNS server can be configured to forward all the queries it receives for names ending with widgets.example.com to the IP address of a specific DNS server or to the IP addresses of multiple DNS servers.
Below figure shows how conditional forwarder is working.
Setting up a Conditional Forwarder:
Types of Forwarders
o Standard
o Conditional
Conditional Forwarder: A conditional forwarder is a DNS server on a network that is used to forward DNS queries according to the DNS domain name in the query. For example, a DNS server can be configured to forward all the queries it receives for names ending with widgets.example.com to the IP address of a specific DNS server or to the IP addresses of multiple DNS servers.
Below figure shows how conditional forwarder is working.
Setting up a Conditional Forwarder:
1. Start -> Administrative Tools -> DNS
2. Right Click Conditional Forwarders -> Select New Conditional Forwarder.
3. Type the Condition and IP of appropriate DNS Server, Then Click OK
Eg: Here i have given infotech.com as my condition, If any query which is looking for infotech domain then the query will pass to 192.168.5.2 DNS Server.
Hi Suneesh,
ReplyDeleteI've tried setting this up but it fails to resolve the ip address, do you have any pointers for what I might check?
Cheers!
Yes, Pointers has to be created.
ReplyDeletevery good explanation thanks for clarifying it
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