cmt_h_cnfdns

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To configure DNS for automatic discovery of ISA Server

  1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.

  2. In the console tree, right-click the applicable forward lookup zone and click New Alias:

    • Expand DNS, expand DNS server, expand Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the Applicable zone, and then click New Alias.

  3. In Alias name, type WPAD.

  4. In Fully qualified name for target host:

    • For ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the ISA Server computer or array.
    • For ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the ISA Server computer.

Note

Perform this task on the relevant DNS server.
If DNS does not appear in Administrative Tools, it is not installed.
For ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition, if the ISA Server computer or array already has a host (A) record defined, you can click Browse to search the DNS namespace for the ISA Server or array name.
For ISA Server 2006 Standard Edition, if the ISA Server computer already has a host (A) record defined, you can click Browse to search the DNS namespace for the ISA Server name.
When using DNS to publish WPAD, automatic discovery must be configured to use port 80. Alternatively, the outgoing Web requests must be configured to listen on port 80.