DNS Problem

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Marc V

Hi,

I've ran into this weird problem that I can't figure out.
We have a wireless tower on the reservation I work at,
each department had radios connected to the tower. At this
one particular location, have an internal network setup,
Windows 2000 Server and XP Workstations. Typically, when
you setup dns on a server, under the TCP/IP properties you
set the primary DNS the same as the server IP. Well I've
been doing that and the problem is when I enter in the
gateway and alternate dns server settings, I can't get on
the Internet. If I switch the alternate dns IP to primary
then I can get on the Internet. So the problem looks like
it's not looking at the alternate DNS IP. Any suggestions ?
 
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Marc V said:
Hi,

I've ran into this weird problem that I can't figure out.
We have a wireless tower on the reservation I work at,
each department had radios connected to the tower. At this
one particular location, have an internal network setup,
Windows 2000 Server and XP Workstations. Typically, when
you setup dns on a server, under the TCP/IP properties you
set the primary DNS the same as the server IP. Well I've
been doing that and the problem is when I enter in the
gateway and alternate dns server settings, I can't get on
the Internet. If I switch the alternate dns IP to primary
then I can get on the Internet. So the problem looks like
it's not looking at the alternate DNS IP. Any suggestions ?
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What's the alternate DNS IP? Hopefully it's not an external or ISP's DNS.

What happens when you have alternates, it doesn't toggle back and forth
between them It uses the first until it can't resolve a query, then that
first one is taken OUT of the eligible resolvers list and the 2nd is used.
The only way to reset the list is to either restart the machine, restart the
DNS client service, or force it thru a registry alteration, which is not
advisable.

If you just follow the golden rule it will work fine... That is just point
only to your internal DNS. On your internal DNS, configure a forwarder to
your ISP's DNS. If the option is grayed out, delete the Root zone, and try
again. This article explains how to do these two steps:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300202

Hope that helps.



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