Re: DNS Round Robin not working Correctly

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From: William Stacey [MVP] (staceywREMOVE_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:21:31 -0400

cool! Cheers! 

-- 
William Stacey, MVP
"Bryan Dearlove" <bryan.dearlove@guelphgeneralhospital.com> wrote in message
news:e86CC4KKEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Awsome. #2 fixed it, thanks!
>
> "William Stacey [MVP]" <staceywREMOVE@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ewZ8WN8JEHA.2776@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Some things to try:
> > 1) make sure netmask ordering is not checked in the advanced tab of the
> dns
> > server.
> > 2) Double check the TTL you are actually getting for the A records.  Use
> > ipconfig /displaydns on the client.  The TTL minimum on the SOA may be
> > overriding the 2 sec ttl on the record.
> > 3) Think client may have netmask ordering.  Can't remember this one.
> Think
> > reg entry.
> >
> > #1 or #2 probably is issue however.  hth.
> >
> > -- 
> > William Stacey, MVP
> >
> > "Bryan Dearlove" <bryan.dearlove@guelphgeneralhospital.com> wrote in
> message
> > news:OCksOC8JEHA.3628@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Good Day All,
> > >
> > > Anyone who can help me with this will get a hero cookie!
> > >
> > > We are using dns round robin for 4 of our servers. I have set the TTL
on
> > the
> > > entries to 2 seconds and have enabled Round Robin in the DNS
properties.
> > > Unfortunately, if I ping the DNS name, I always get the same server.
> Other
> > > computers get different servers, but always the same (I get 10.0.0.61
> and
> > > someone else will get 10.0.0.62 but we will always ping that one, it
is
> > > never random)
> > >
> > > This is causing huge strains as some server have tons of people
> connected
> > to
> > > them, while others have 4.
> > >
> > > Anything I am missing??
> > > Thanks All!
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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