DNS Question 1

[wantagofast]

I have W2K DC that is running AD, DNS, and DHCP. I'm not sure if DNS is set-up correctly. So here is my question.

On my DC, should my DNS settings on my NIC be set to my ISP's DNS address? It currently is. My clients are not having any problems and I don't want to cause any. The reason I ask is this, all my clients are pointing to the DC as the primary DNS and to the ISP DNS as the secondary. Clients are able to connect to the internet with no problem. But on my DC, I can't connect to the internet.

Does this make sense?

Thanks.

 

[dredoggg]

I would set it up as follows:
All machines should have your local DNS server as the only DNS server in their settings...
On your DNS server, you need to enable forwarders...
Put a check-box in the Enable Forwarders box. Also, add the DNS server IP addresses supplied to you buy your ISP in the space provided. You will usually have 2. Add both now.

Setup this way, all machines will hit your DNS server, and if he doesn't know the answer he will forward it on to the ISP...
Setting up this way will stop those event log errors of "Error registering some DNS active directory thingy" that 2k/xp machines seem to do alot of.

 

[GlenJohnson]

dreddoggg is on the money. Set up this way, your users will find faster access, and always find what they need. Good luck.

Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting
MCP W2K
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[wantagofast]

Thanks for the advice. Already made the changes with no ill effects to the users.

Thanks again.

 

[mawilson]

If you want your dc to be able to access internet, set its ip settings to point to itself for DNS.