Re: Multiple DNS errors each day

Thanks Charles

That worked great, but the only problem is that DNS requests sometimes take
more than 2 seconds and all machines are set to 2 seconds.

Is there any group policy / logon script to increase the DNS timeout?

Regards

B


""Charles Yang [MSFT]"" <v-chayan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:jMKpZHKTFHA.3336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Ben,
>
> Thanks for using this newsgroup.
>
> According to your description, it seems that the event 7063 log on in your
> SBS 2003.
>
> Disable Recursion option is enabled to make DNS service does not check
> this
> any more so this is no longer reported. However, the DNS request cannot be
> uccessfully made. It is proper to remove this forwarder from the
> forwarders
> list because this issue is caused by this problematic DNS server.
>
> In DNS Server system, forwarder is used to resolve the names in the
> domains
> that are not handled by the local DNS server. Thus, the DNS server will be
> able to handle these DNS requests as well as the requests to its domains.
> If it has problem with recursive requests for this DNS server, this event
> will be reported. Thus, the DNS server is unable to handle recursive
> queries so this event is reported.
>
> Two possible solutions:
> 1. Preferred - Do not use forwarders at all. Instead, rely on root
> hints:
> a) On the Forwarders tab in DNS properties, uncheck the Enable
> Forwarders box.
> b) On the Advanced tab, make sure "Disable recursion" is also
> unchecked.
> c) On the root hints tab, make sure root hints A through M are
> listed. They will not necessarily be listed in order.
>
> 2. Avoid - Use some other (known good) DNS server as the forwarder.
>
> You can also refer to the following KB article to configure your DNS:
>
> 825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
> 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763
>
> 814591 How To Install and Configure DNS Server in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814591
>
> Hope the above information help you clear the issue. I am here waiting for
> your updates.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles Yang (MSFT)
>
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