Iis – Setting up DNS server on Windows 7

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I have Windows 7 x64 ultimate installed on my development machine. Recently i registered for DynDNS free service. What I would like to do is set up several first level domains in my IIS and setup DNS server on my machine. Could you please provide with helpful information regarding installing and configuring DNS server on Windows 7

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You can try BIND for Windows

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One of the quirks with Windows Vista and up (Also on Server side) machines is the "Network Location Awareness" service. When the NLA service, when you change to the new DNS, it tries to detect whether the network is on a "Domain"/"work", "Private"/"Home", or "Public" network and then adjust firewall settings accordingly.

Because you may have set that your home network on your wireless router as "Private"/"Home" for NLA detection, when you change the DNS, it re-detects the network and when it finds the new domain and does not understand it, it switches to "Public". In "Public" the Windows Firewall comes up, blocks access, and then you may have lost DNS connectivity. So the first thing I would check is to make sure Windows Firewall is not affecting your Windows boxes between the "Work"/"Home"/"Public" settings.

You may also need to setup a reverse DNS zone to keep things a bit sane for the network settings. Try those and see if it works.

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