Problems with sub domain

[morpheus83]

I have recently shifted to a different ISP and have my own dedicated server running Windows 2003 Standard Edition Server. I am using Windows DNS server for pointing etc. Everything is working fine, mail server (mail.mysite.com) ftp etc. However I am unable to access my forums. I have my forums hosted with a 3rd party. They told me to create a host A record for forums point to a specifiied ip and it will work. I have done that but it doesnt work. When I try pinging forums.mysite.com it says could not find host. Will I have to create a sub domain in IIS also. Can anyone please expalin me the procedure in detail? I can also PM my sitename, ip address etc if that helps. As it is 10 days since my forums arent working and soon they may be dropped by google :-(

[harvey]

assuming that the host name is configured correctly in whoever is serving your DNS then the IP address in that "A" record is where the hits are going.

If your subhost is on you box and you configure IIS for it under Advanced button in the IP section of the general tab, then the hits will be going to the default page in the folder you specified under the directory tab.

From your post, it sounds like your fourm is being hosted else where in which case the IP address in your DNS "A" record should be pointing to the ISP's IP address. Now if the ISP is using host records and vertual resolution then they too will have to configure their server with your host.domainname.com before the hist will make it in.

Keep in mind just because Win2003 comes with DNS service does not mean the root domains are pointing to your dns server for name resolution. It is possible that your upstream provider is serving DNS to your box and your is never being hit. You should be able to check this by doing a traceRt or looking at the log files.

--hm