[TriLUG] (no subject)

[Jon Carnes]

Humm, I doubt it uses rr, but it could have a quick timeout, or it could
send out multiple requests and use the DNS that answers quickest - so maybe
upgrade your internal DNS server!

Add a secondary internal DNS and then only point your internal machines at
those servers.  We do that here at HAHT and never have any problems.  The
internal DNS's have the external DNS's defined as forwarders.

Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hunter" <khunter at rhoworld.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] (no subject)


>
> I have this exact same problem at my office!!!  I'm sorry that I have
> no solution for you but I can tell you how it was explained to me.
> The problem is Windows 2000 and DNS.  I have an internal DNS domain
> that is defined only by one DNS server ( one that's internal to my
> LAN ).  However all my DHCP leases give clients several name servers,
> but only the first one knows about my internal domain.
>
> What we think is happening is that win2k clients are randomly picking
> which DNS server to ask to resolve internal DNS names.  Of course
> when they hit the 2nd or 3rd name server, it doesn't know.  It's some
> kind of round robin poling or something like that.  We don't know why
> it's happening.  My win9x and NT4 clients don't do this.  When you
> renew the lease, the client starts from the first name server again.
>
> This is not a linux problem, b/c my name server is FreeBSD 4.2.  This
> is a MicroSlop, MicroCrap, Bill Gates pain in the butt problem.
>
> If anyone can show me how to force win2k to behave, I would be
> forever in their debt.  It's b/c a huge nuisance at my office.
>
> KH
>
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