Re: Router pointing to Windows DNS Server: OK?

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Rich Roller <rich@*REMOVE-THIS*r2c.com> wrote:
> I've got a new, tiny, single-server WS2003 SP2 domain which has
> periodic major slowdowns with external Internet communications. I'm
> running "ping -t www.dell.com" and when it's good it's at 50ms but
> several times a day it'll go to 800-1400ms!
>
> If I reboot the Netgear router/gateway it usually fixes it and the
> ping's go back to 50ms. The same seems true if I reboot the Verizon
> DSL box. So I'm not sure where the problem lies but I'm wondering
> about the router, and in particular how it points to the internal DNS
> server.
>
> The router is also being the DHCP Server (I may change this over the
> the WS2003 DC soon). But with this router there is only one place
> you can enter static DNS servers. I have entered 10.11.0.21 (WS2003
> DC/DNS) and 151.202.0.85 (Verizon). These same DNS entries get used
> by it's DHCP server function and given out to the client PC's.

You are right you should move DHCP to the Win2k3 server, because you cannot
use Verizones DNS on any client in any position.
All client should use the server's IP for DNS, you can use the router or
Verizon as a forwarder for the Win2k3 DNS.


> So is there anything fundamentally wrong with this design, especially
> with the static DNS entries on the router?

The router should use the ISP for DNS, the server can forward to the router.
No client should use the router for DNS, this is the problem with using DHCP
on the router.



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