Re: DNS Client Config

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Hello Barry,

Maybe this one is better for you:
Do not configure the client DNS settings to point to your ISP's DNS servers. If you do so, you may experience issues when you try to join the Windows 2000-based or Windows Server 2003-based server to the domain, or when you try to log on to the domain from that computer. Instead, the internal DNS server should forward to the ISP's DNS servers to resolve external names.

From "Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 member servers", you can
see a member server like a normal client:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825036

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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I was really looking for something about workstations and desktops. I
am in a tough situation here, at odds with superiors. I was looking
for something that says do not assign users a secondary DNS server
that points to your ISP's DNS server. There is no need. I don't know
if that will be enough, they are dug in. Thanks for the help.

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

Hello Barry,

This states, NOT to configure the ISP's DNS server on the NIC. What
else do you need?

"If this server needs to resolve names from its Internet service
provider (ISP), you must configure a forwarder."

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Meinolf Weber
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Thanks, but that doesn't really spell it out. I am having a hard
time finding something that says never set a secondary DNS server on
a Windows domain client to an external DNS server. I need something
I can show that says only use internal DNS servers and this is why
you don't use external.

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

Hello Barry,

See here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323380
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Meinolf Weber
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I am looking for a white paper that says in plain English that
when setting up DHCP, you don't need to add the ISP's DNS server
as a secondary DNS. It is best to use one of the many internal
DNS's, and then use forwarders. I can't seem to find a document
that spells that out. This is in a medium sized AD environment.



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