Re: DNS Server Help!

Hi Zimmie:

1. Every nic on every computer in your LAN should point to your SBS servers
internal nic for DNS, and only to it.
2. Two nics is the recommended way to secure a SBS standard system, unless
you have a very robust firewall between you and the internet.
3. In the DNS applet under Administrative Tools, click on Forwarders and
see if the DNS servers for your ISP are listed. If not, re run the CEICW
and carefully fill in all the requested information.
4. I would suggest two nics... your connection would then look like this:

SBS Nic 1 ->Switch->client computers

SBS Nic 2 >Router/firewall->internet device->internet

and all your client workstations would use the internal firewall on the SBS
(NAT) to access the internet.
--
Regards:

Anna Clark
Please reply or post the solution to
your issue so that others may benefit.






"Zimmie" <Zimmie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I did run that and did specify the ISP DNS Servers...how do you leave out
forwarders? below is the workstation and server ipconfigs

Workstation:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DavidZ
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : CABLE1
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : CABLE1
CABLE1

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : CABLE1
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-85-7A-FF-D7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.92
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.174.244.1
192.168.1.5
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 02, 2007
4:06:10 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 10, 2007
4:06:10 PM

Server:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : CABLE1
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : CABLE1

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 CT Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-F7-F9-DB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5


"Steve" wrote:

You ran the CEICW and specified your ISP DNS servers there? Also
sometimes
leaving out forwarders which then uses DNS root servers can sometimes
work
better. Please post an ipconfig /all for your servers and a sample
workstation.

"Zimmie" <Zimmie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, so I'm very confused on my DNS Server setup. I was told since I
have
Active Directory I need to have my DNS Server running. Well here's my
situation. I don't host my website on my server. I just want it to
forward
all internet requests to my ISP. I thought I did that, but it's VERY
slow
and it can't find alot of websites. Am I missing something?

Please help!





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