Re: Network Problems and DNS

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From: Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.LSAOL.COM)
Date: 04/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:13:37 -0500

In news:O5GSNKLHEHA.2688@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Robert Cohen <dont@want.spam.com> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
>> Actually the 127.0.0.1 is part of the problem, it is the DNS address
>> on the dial in adapter. This adapter will configure itself . What
>> you can do is configure the listener address on the DNS server
>> (interfaces tab) to listen only on 10.0.0.2 then disable and
>> re-enable the Dial in adapter, IIRC that will cause the dial in to
>> adopt 10.0.0.2 as its DNS server and keep DNS from trying to
>> register the 192.168.234.235 record.
>
> In the registry files for the adapter I see the NameServer =
> 127.0.0.1 and the DHCPIPAddress = 192.168.234.235. Should I change
> those entries? Should the name server remain the adapters IP address
> or 10.0.0.2 and should DHCP address be 10.0.0.2? Just a thought.

Do you have a DNS server listed in your DHCP scope on option 006?

I'm not sure if you can change this in the registry, IIRC users with the
problem previously and it has been a while disabled and re-enabled RRAS
which set the Dial in to the correct IP. 

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