Re: IP Address of DNS entry had changed

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Helen, the NIC software could be doing one of two basic things, teaming to
increase throughput OR have redundancy.

As long as the software is properly teaming the NICs we can ignore the fact
there are two. I'd probably be more likely to team for redundancy.

However, I want the full output of 'IPConfig /all' from both the server and
1 affected workstation.

Concerning incorrect info in the DNS forwarders: Run the CEICW and delete
both forwarders, you will get a warning, just OK it. This should remove any
corrupt entries, then run the CEICW again. These days I give the CEICW the
IP of my router as DNS server, the router then acts as proxy to my ISP's DNS
servers, the router gets this information from the ADSL login.

"Helen Mooc" <hmooc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK but how does that relate to the issue of the dns issue I have mentioned.
"Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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There are several good articles on the web today indicating that companies
are way over investing in Gigabit
Load Balancing of NICs in a small business enviroment just doesn't make a
lot of sense.

If you have two nics in teh server you would be better assigning them IPs
in different subnets and have one going for your internet connection and one
for lan connection.
Makes your server much more secure
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"Helen Mooc" <hmooc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pardon my lack of knowledge but I am not getting you Cris. Would you be
able to explain what you mean? I am open to suggestions as well as input.

I just though if the server came with a dual NIC, I might as well make
use of it.

Thanks
"Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)"
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and why would you do that?

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"Helen Mooc" <hmooc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There are 2 NICs. I use a software to make the 2 NICs appear one
one.

Thanks,
Helen
"Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)"
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How many nics on your server

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"HMOOC" <HMOOC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good afternoon!

I found this out by a fluke while I was troubleshooting a
problem from one
of the user I support. When I ran the CEIW within the Server
Management
console, I saw of the 2 DNS entries (they are entries of the ISP
we subscript
to) I have inputted, the second entry was totally off or not the
one I have
entered initially. I hope I am not losing my mind but it could
be.

This is what's showing for example:

Prefer DNS: 199.182.43.5
Alternative DNS: 6.168.101.168
Gateway: 192.168.101.1

The actual alternative dns should be 199.182.43.6

No one administer the server except me and so I have no idea how
that
happens. Can anyone shed on this?

BTW...users are able to send and receive emails fine and the
server is work
fine but I am just wondering how that entry had changed. Could
it be due to
the configuration of reverse lookup on the server?

Thank you!
Helen


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