Re: Home PC's and DNS addresses

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I would like the local (workgroup or domain) PC's to utilize the SBS DNS
whenever it's available, but if it's not available, I would like them to
still at least have general internet access.

I'm not too concerned about the availability of the DHCP server, because
most of the systems/devices on the local network are on all the time. That,
and the possibility of their IP address expiring during a period of SBS
downtime is very low.

I'll do some research regarding the DHCP server in SBS and will respond with
what I find out.

Thanks!

"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:

To answer your question, for the pc's you're asking about
If they do not need to have the SBS IP at all for DNS unless they need to access resources on the SBS server, in which case they should be joined to the domain.

However, if the SBS server is down and you reboot those PC's, they will not get an IP address.

Does that help...if not, please restate what you need to understand

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"ComputerFields" <ComputerFields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FC6CC37F-5B58-4F1A-B540-809305E23BFD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Also a good answer.

But... and please forgive my quip, neither response has furthered my SBS
DHCP/DNS understanding or expertise...

=)

"Les Connor" wrote:

> I'd definitely use the SBS DHCP; if it's ever taken down, it's a simple
> matter to enable the DHCP on the router and renew the leases on the
> remaining boxes.
>
> --
> Les Connor [SBS-MVP]
>
>
> ____________________________
> "ComputerFields" <ComputerFields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:77F069B5-4F55-4FDC-991F-CB99F4DEA2DB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Not a bad idea, I was just being lazy I guess.
> >
> > From a geek perspective, it would be cool if the SBS could issue DNS
> > addresses that don't result in it being a critical component for workgroup
> > internet access. If it were easy to configure this behavior, I would
> > choose
> > that over manually configuring my 8 other workstations, or setting up a
> > secondary network.
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion though.
> >
> >
> > "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Why not connect the home pcs that are not on the domain, directly to the
> >> router with static private IPs...or if you want DHCP on the home
> >> pcs...set up a second router, WAN side with static IP in the range of the
> >> router the SBS box is connected to, and let the LAN side do dhcp for the
> >> home pcs
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
> >> Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
> >> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashed/dp/0672329573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217269967&sr=8-1
> >> Owner, CPU Services, Belleville, IL
> >> A Microsoft Registered Partner
> >> ------------------------------------
> >> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
> >> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
> >>
> >> "ComputerFields" <ComputerFields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> >> message news:8DA1EFED-7C65-4619-B569-06D0DDCAE771@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> My SBS2008 system is being used at home for educational purposes, and I
> >> would
> >> like to let it be the DHCP server for all of my home PC's, but there
> >> are
> >> times when the server is down for whatever reason.
> >>
> >> One problem this poses is that the single DNS address my SBS doles out
> >> via
> >> DHCP is it's address.
> >>
> >> I would like the SBS to use it's address as the first DNS address
> >> issued,
> >> but also issue my ISP's DNS addresses for the 2nd/3rd entries on each
> >> workstation. My thinking is, and it could be wrong, that if my SBS is
> >> unavailable, the workstations would then use the secondary/tertiary
> >> addresses
> >> to access internet resources.
> >>
> >> Does this sound right? And if so, what would I need to do to configure
> >> this
> >> behavior on the SBS DHCP server?
> >>
> >> Thanks
>
>
.

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