Setting up DNS properly 1

[ccrb]

I've seen the solution in here before but just cannot find it. I have several clients that are running Win2K PDC, and when we add an XP workstation, logging in is very slow.

The solution has to do with setting up DNS correctly. I need step by step instructions, plus instructions at where exactly to put the outside DNS (from the ISP) into the configuration.

Thanks!

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

Goto your DNS console on your server, setup forwarders to point to your ISP DNS servers, the forwarders can be found by going to properties of the server and looking under forwarders tab.

Make sure the win2k server is pointing to itself for DNS ie 127.0.0.1

If running DHCP on the network get it to lease the IP for DNS too, to point to your Windows 2k server.

All clients should be point to your win2k DNS server only or internal DNS servers not your ISP DNS servers.

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

ALso check that you have Dymanic Updates on.

 

[ccrb]

faithless...

I found forwarding, and popped in the dns addresses. thank you. I tried to put the 127.0.0.1 as the dns in the tcpip properties but it won't accept it saying it's a loopback address. Is it somewhere else I'm supposed to put that? In the meantime, I put the servers own address (192.168.42.100) in it's dns field in the tcpip properties.

 

[ccrb]

and where is the dynamic updates option>

 

[ccrb]

ok. I found dynamic updates. it is now YES

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

Hmm it should accept the 127.0.0.1 as the DNS address, it might come up with a warning about it.

Has this made the logging in of your XP clients faster now ?

 

[ccrb]

Indeed it did. I ended up putting the servers own IP address for the DNS instead of 127.0.0.1 because it *looked* like it wouldn't accept it. I presume 127.0.0.1 is handier if dhcp is operating and no one knows the IP address from day to day.

The one XP workstation. What brought this on was a very slow Win2k Pro workstation logging in... like 15 minutes to login. I cleaned up that system and changed it's dns settting to that of the server. I also did a spyware cleanup, and some cleanup of startup, using a downloaded XP msconfig. It solved that problem too.

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

Glad you got it sorted.

 

[Aztlan]

Also check out this Knowledge base article pretty good.
It has step by step intructions. Got my DNS working perfectly.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260371