The issue where it stops resolving names is a known issue but MS has a reg entry to make to correct it in their knowledge base. We have been using MS DNS for about 4 years and the only issue we have had is once and a while it would stop resolving for SOME domains which it did not have authority over. To fix it you had to stop and start the service. Just found the fix the other day and knock on wood haven't had a problem since.
Roger Alumbaugh ACE-Internet -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bob McGregor Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Alternative DNS solutions I used to use MS DNS on a NT4.0 box and switched to Bind from Lens site. We had two issues with MS DNS that I could not resolve: 1. The root server entries would sometimes duplicate and then quit responding 2. After the TTL expired for some sites would expire, we could not get them to renew without deleting the sites folder from the cache. This happened multiple times and was a real headache. Since moving to Bind, AKAIK, I have had no resolve issues with DNS. MS DNS was easy but I think more folks than myself had problems with using it. bob On Friday, October 5, 2001 1:04 PM, IMail Admin at BC Web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'll second this vote. I think MS DNS gets a bad rap because a lot of >people set it up without understanding DNS. It's so easy, and comes with >Winnt, that many admin throw it up without realizing what they're getting >into. I was in that category, but once I understood DNS a little better >(still not an expert, though!), it has worked reliably since. > >Ben > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 3:20 PM >Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Alternative DNS solutions > > >> I know every talks bad about it, but I have never heard a reason >> why people dismiss it, but MS DNS has worked like a charm for us >> for over 3 years. It runs on two P133's with only 64mb of ram. >> They serve (primary and secondary) about 200 domains that get >> about 1 million visitors monthly. I have never, ever had a >> problem with them or ms dns. >> >> Chet >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: Bud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:01:19 -0400 >> >> >Hi all. Has anyone used SimpleDNS or are their any >> recommendations >> >out there for a good DNS system that will run on NT? I've had it >> up >> >the here with Bind. I get Doc Watson errors whenever I can't >> connect >> >to my secondary. Then I can't restart it which means a reboot >> >whenever I want to add a domain. My secondary and myself have >> several >> >zone files which just won't transfer no matter what we do. >> > >> >Thanks for any pointers. >> >-- >> > >> >Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations >> > >> >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >> >ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >http://www.twcreations.com/ >> >954.721.3452 >> > >> >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> >to be removed from this list. >> > >> >An Archive of this list is available at: >> >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> > >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Get your own evilemail.com address at http://www.evilemail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> to be removed from this list. >> >> An Archive of this list is available at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
