DHCP option 119 is the Domain Suffix Search order and using this option
seems to be most elegant versus group policy or reg hack.  The following
link provides instructions how one might setup MS DHCP to dish out this
option; however, WinXP clients don't seem to pick it up.

Hi could sombody clear this up for me.
at work have a dedicated root ad domain root.net with its dns zone
root.net, and then have a child ad domain child.root.net with its own
dns zone child.root.net. why would this not have been configured so

We have a small domain with one controller that is also used for DNS and a
Linksys wireless Internet router.  The problem is when I set the XP PC to
obtain DNS address automatically, the PC does not log into the domain and the
DNS shows as the router address.  When I set the PCs ...

When I reboot some of my 2003 DC, they get to "Preparing Network Connections"
and sit for AT LEAST 5 minutes before the CTRL-ALT-DEL screen comes on.  Is
this normal for DCs?
I have read some articles saying it is a DNS problem however I have run

I work remotely, connected by VPN to the office server and Active Directory.
For AD to wotk properly, I need to use the office server for DNS, but this
makes Internet lookups slow. Is there a way to have my remote PC direct
Internet DNS queries to my ISP but still retain the use ...

We wish to host a inhouse IIS/mail server. We have a Leased line/static IP &
we have registered our domain mydomain.org with a domain registrar
We have to decide as to how we would be setting up DNS service to work in
our environment.

Scenario...
I have a windows DNS server "A" in a windows AD environment.
I have non windows DNS server "B" in a remote location.
Other then able to communicate on the WAN both servers have no

Does anyone have any thoughts on the below?
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using round robin to distribute load, i know, a poor mans solution, i want
to use different TTL's so that some machines are cached longer and get more
load. however, when i query the record on the authorative dns server, all
entries will get the same TTL, namely the lowest TTL. ...

i am in the process of flattening my domain and have created a new domain
tree to migrate all of my child domains into.
On the new Domain what is the best way to configure the AD Integrated DNS?
I need to see the forest root and child domains of the old tree while making

We are running in a Windows 2003 Active Directory environment with 2 DNS
servers.  Occasionally we get DNS failures with little or no evidence in the
event viewer logs.  However recently I have noticed the event below which
occurred prior to the DNS failure:-

Who can point me to a good explanation of how to use DNS?
Thnx!

Can anybody give me son insight on how to setup a DNS server on our DMZ.
Thanks,
Jasper

My external DNS is hosted with my ISP but I would like to create a
local host "A" record on my W2K3 DNS to point to a local intranet.
What type of zone do I create that won't interfere with internal
queries to external resources?

I've searched the web for a while to the answer to this question, and
can't seem to find anything.
Currently, there's a program that, once installed, requires an entry
to the hosts file of each individual PC. I know that there's some way