Re: Proper DNS configuration help   

Hello Mike,

Same to you :-)

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Great - thanks for the help and have a great weekend.
> 
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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>> Hello Mike,
>> 
>> No, all zones will be replicated with AD replication. But if you have
>> other DNS servers you can still use it.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> 
>> Meinolf Weber
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>>> Thanks for the reply. Is the zone transfers setting even relevant in
>>> an AD integrated zone? I think not.
>>> 
>>> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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>>> 
>>>> Hello Mike,
>>>> 
>>>> I would do exactly the same, remove the 192.x.x.x from the
>>>> forwarders and add the other ones.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards
>>>> 
>>>> Meinolf Weber
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>>>>> I have been looking at the dns setup of a network I inherited and
>>>>> it looks wrong to me. Before I change anything I want to verify I
>>>>> am on the right track.
>>>>> 
>>>>> All of my clients are configured for
>>>>> primary dns=192.168.1.17=victory1
>>>>> secondary dns=192.168.1.16=victory2
>>>>> Because of this setup I always considered that victory1 was the
>>>>> first
>>>>> DC configured and victory2 came next but now I am not sure. If the
>>>>> AD
>>>>> roles are important let me know and I will verify them.
>>>>> The primary server is hardly ever down but I have noticed when it
>>>>> is
>>>>> dns name resolution slows down because web pages take longer to
>>>>> load. This got me investigating the configs and this is what I
>>>>> found.
>>>>> victory1
>>>>> forwarders=opendns servers=208.67.222.222/208.67.220.220
>>>>> forward lookup zone=victory.org(AD integrated, primary, zone
>>>>> transfers
>>>>> not
>>>>> allowed)
>>>>> victory2
>>>>> forwarders=192.168.1.17
>>>>> forward lookup zone=victory.org(AD integrated, primary, zone
>>>>> transfers
>>>>> allowed to any server)
>>>>> This would explain when victory1 is down dns takes longer because
>>>>> victory2 has to go to root hints for dns. I propose to change to
>>>>> this
>>>>> config.
>>>>> victory1
>>>>> forwarders=opendns servers=208.67.222.222/208.67.220.220
>>>>> forward lookup zone=victory.org(AD integrated, primary, zone
>>>>> transfers
>>>>> allowed to any server)
>>>>> victory2
>>>>> forwarders=opendns servers=208.67.222.222/208.67.220.220
>>>>> forward lookup zone=victory.org(AD integrated, primary, zone
>>>>> transfers
>>>>> allowed to any server)
>>>>> If I am missing something or you need more info to sort this out
>>>>> just
>>>>> let me know. Any help is appreciated.

date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:31:09 +0000 (UTC)   author:   Meinolf Weber meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de