Group Policy to set DNS and Gateway

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Maury

Hi,
I'm looking for a GPO to set DNS (multiple) and Gateway
WITHOUT using DHCP (I use static IP Addressing)...
Is it possible?

Thanks
 
Nothing that I'm aware of that is native to Windows server will do this
except DHCP.

hth
DDS
 
Hi,
I'm looking for a GPO to set DNS (multiple) and Gateway
WITHOUT using DHCP (I use static IP Addressing)...
Is it possible?
Click to expand...

Computer startup Script in combination with netsh.exe

It can´t be done with native GPO, because it´s a chicken and egg
problem ... which comes frist?

DNS is existential to have functional GPO infrastructure.
So you can´t manipulate it with GPO, it has to be the right one and
after it, changing to a wrong DNS, no GPO is longer apllying.
If GPO is not running, because of wrong DNS, how should it be fixed
by using GPO? ;-)

Mark
 
Mark Heitbrink [MVP] ha scritto:
Computer startup Script in combination with netsh.exe
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netsh? I don't know this program... I'll search something about this.
It can´t be done with native GPO, because it´s a chicken and egg
problem ... which comes frist?
Click to expand...

Right, but I have the need to set multiple DNS to my network
(>200 PC), I'm looking for a registry key, but I can't find it...

Thanks
 
Hi,
netsh? I don't know this program... I'll search something about this.
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open CMD -> netsh /? ;-) and the internal help, with a lot of examples.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/242468
Right, but I have the need to set multiple DNS to my network
(>200 PC), I'm looking for a registry key, but I can't find it...
Click to expand...

It´s in a genereated GUID inside HKLM, where every NIC on the differnent
PCs have different GUIDs. Thats why there is no chance to import a
regfile.

netsh uses the "lan connection" name, and this is usually on all PCs
the same. As an alternative you can use a VB/WMI script to achieve it.

Take a look at the "Portable Script Center" from Technet, 1.600 VB scripts,
there should be a solution inside ;-)

Mark
 
for DNS:
computer configuration\administrative templates\network\DNS client\"DNS
servers"
can also be done with NETSH in startup script

for gateway:
a startup script using NETSH

however, when you add a new computer to the domain while it just has an IP
without DNS how are you going to find a DC? you NEED DNS, even at the moment
when joining! (and at that moment you cannot use GPOs)


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