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I am running Windows 2003 server. We had a website (hosted on another ISP), but then they changed the ip address of it. Now when we try to go to it on our network, it says that it doesn't exist. When I us nslookup under DNS it says its still looking for the old IP address. How do I change that?
Clear the DNS cache on your DNS server, and if you have an A record for this server within your internal DNS data, correct it.
Also, your public DNS record may still be wrong, so make sure that doesn't need to be changed, too.
Clients may also need their DNS cache cleared after this to see an immediate effect.
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Thanks for the reply but how do you clear the DNS cache on the server and how do i update the A record on my internal DNS data?
I know for sure the public DNS record is correct because anyone outside the network can view the website.
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Since you do not know how to do this, I assume you're not the administrator of the DNS server.
Tell the admin of the internal DNS server to do this.
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Sorry heropsycho, I actually am the administrator. That's why I can't figure it out. So could you please tell me how to do it?
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If you don't know how to update A records or refresh the DNS cache on your DNS server, I'm sorry, and I don't mean to sound mean, but you shouldn't be admining the DNS server. These are basic tasks you should know before you're ever even allowed to admin a DNS server. Go get a Windows 2003 book and learn.
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The ripple effect is too good not to mention.
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Because the point of this forum is to help people who genuinely need help. It is not intended as a substitute for knowing how to do your job. Creating A records and refreshing cache are basic DNS server administration fundamentals, and if you don't know how to do these things, you're a ticking time bomb waiting to happen to that network if you continue to admin something as critical as DNS with that little knowledge.
The best advice anyone could give you is read something to gain a basic understanding of what you're working with.
And if anyone else is willing to walk you through something this fundamental, they're more than welcome.
Edit: Thanks, Jestible!
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