Re: VPN Clients and DNS/WINS registration

From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:14:19 -0400

In news:OGrpV3iXEHA.1440@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
ptwilliams in <ptw2001@hotmail.com> posted their thoughts, then I offered
mine
> >You mean lowest numeric for the preferred "interface", right?
> (So what we really need to do is bump the cost up on the hardware
> NICs so that they will always be greater.)
>
> Yes, I always use highest - but I meant highest as in highest
> priority - lowest number in reality ;-)
>
>
> >I don't think this is dynamic though when the interfaces are
> added; is that correct or not? At least not for NEW "registration"
> -- it will start using that DNS for resolution and will register
> there if we Re-Register DNS (or WINS) but it won't just do it without
> prompting I think.
>
> I honestly don't know!! I guess it depends on the DNS Registration
> settings, and the aging settings...but I'm not sure.
>
> I see what you are saying, and this is perhaps not dynamic enough;
> but with a little effort it certainly works. The issue is, as you
> imply, for non-admin users... :-(
>
>

As with anything else, something to be tested. I've heard of so many
different solutions, its hard to say what's best. But whatever works is what
I say!
:-) 

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