Domain Controller Multiple Ip Addresses
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Domain controller multiple ip addresses. On the interfaces tab select listen on only the following ip addresses. This may be frightening but. After replicating the issue using a domain controller windows server 2012 r2 with active directory dns server and a windows 10 pro client when using the gui to add additional ip addresses all ip addresses become the primary when they are registered to the dns server which will cause the dns server to return bad queries in a domain environment.
This can lead to conflicts and authentication failures as address leases expire and renew. I m replacing my two existing domain controllers with new ones. An example of such situations can be the need to run multiple sites with unique ip addresses and ssl certificates e.
On the unwanted nic tcp ip properties select advanced dns and then unselect register this connections address in dns. Because of its importance the ip address of a domain controller is usually statically assigned to the server in question or it is distributed via dhcp through a lease reservation to avoid any change. And if you have multiple ips you ll usually have multiple dns entries registered for the dc unless you re particularly careful and set a lot of things manually.
Ip addresses are not normally used in place of hostnames because ip addresses are often temporary. Primarily because active directory relies so heavily on dns. G ssl certificates from let s encrypt on one iis or apache server preparing to change of ip addressing in a subnet binding the applications to.
Therefore registering an ip address based spn is a manual process and should only be used when it s. I mentioned this to another engineer and. Since all system communicate with the domain controller it is strongly recommended to have static ip for the dc.
Sometimes it is necessary to change the ip address assigned to a domain controller especially if you want to change the network address of its information system. Under network connections properties. Open the dns server console highlight the server on the left pane and then select action properties.