Re: Dynamic DNS & ICW

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In news:utnv0TKaGHA.4424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
SuperGumby [SBS MVP] <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
One alternative here is to use the router as your forwarder, SBS will
always look to the router which will either forward or proxy to the
current entries it receives.

Leaving the entries blank and relying on root hints is also valid, it
does though slow things down.

You might also check availability of your ISP's primary name
server(s), though the entries supplied to your connection change each
time it is likely that others are still available for use.

I was thinking along similar lines. I can't imagine they decommission their
own DNS servers as often as they change their DHCP scope. :)


"Steve V" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OTA1uAIaGHA.4116@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The ICW (Internet Connection Wizard) specifically asks for DNS of
your ISP and does all the DNS for you. This is SBS 2003 I'm talking
about, I'm not fooling with the DNS I'm letting the wizard do
everything as I've read and seen recommended by countless people in
SBS newsgroups. And I understand that I can plug ANY good DNS in
there but why wouldn't I want to at least TRY and use the DNS
servers provided to me by my ISP? "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:e9CXwvHaGHA.4160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


In news:Orm43$GaGHA.1200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Steve V <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi all...I have an interesting problem and maybe there is a simple
solution for it but I have not yet been lucky enought to find it.

The problem is that one of my clients who is using SBS 2003
(Standard) is using Comcast as their ISP....recently Comcast has
decided to use 'Dynamic DNS' which means that if my router gets
reset/powered off then it may pull different DNS servers than it
had previously...and of course if this happened then the DNS
entries I entered when I ran the ICW would be invalid and thus the
internet in essence would be 'down' on my network. SO, I guess my
question is....Do I need to re-run the ICW and insert the proper
DNS entries anytime my router gets powered on/off? Or is there a
way to setup SBS 2003 to handle this situation?
Thanks for any help and/or advice anyone can offer!

Steve V.
steve@xxxxxxxxxx


You can use anyone's DNS servers in your forwarders.....but I don't
see why you'd even need to change anything. If your router gets
different DNS servers issued via the Comcast DHCP server, big deal.
As long as your own DNS server is set up with forwards to known
good DNS server IPs, that's all it needs.


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