Charles is correct, Windows 2000 should handle it's own DNS if you are using AD. For Windows 2000, outside of AD, it doesn't matter, but AD wants to create a bunch of DNS records for AD to work properly as a name and service resolution tool. You can run it with a properly configured *nix DNS server, but it is just easier to use Win2K for DNS. You can then have Win2K forward onto DNS cache.
-Cheers edt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Mullan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Leaf-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Win2K and LEAF > John Mullan wrote: > > OK Charles. I understand. As you know by now, I only really do this stuff > > at home. I have helped a buddy by putting a LEAF router at his office. > > > > So, not being the guru and not having a great amount of time, I will > > eventually read bits and pieces. > > > > I only ended up with Win2K server because my drive crapped out on Tuesday > > and I figured that, what the heck. It would give me the ability to keep > > user profiles in one location. > > > > On this scale, it really comes down to what I'm willing to live with and for > > how long. Right now I timed it and I spend about 1 minute 'Preparing > > Network Connections'. That's really not too bad. Also, since this is only > > my home network, I run all servers on one box. It's name is WWW but has FTP > > and POP3/SMTP. I thought it great to define ftp.mullan.ca, mail.mullan.ca > > and www.mullan.ca and have them all point to the same box but thanks to M$ > > that doesn't work anymore as it seems to override my TinyDNS in this > > respect. (a little of my ranting too :) > > > > So really, would it be better to let my M$ box handle internal DNS and let > > LEAF handle dnscache for internet queries? Is there a package other than > > TinyDNS that is dynamic and will let the M$ box register hosts? > > I intentionally know as little as possible about the M$ networking > world, but from what I know, and the information provided above, if you > don't want to remove AD (and your other MS systems are recent enough to > avoid any MS-MS operating problems), you're probably best off using your > AD server as the primary DNS for your network. You can probably > configure the AD server to query DNSCache on the firewall for internet > domains, use your ISP's DNS servers, or make all queries itself. > > Which option is "best" depends a lot on your connection to the 'net > (bandwidth and latency) and the reliability of your ISP's name servers. > I added DNSCache to Dachstein to allow implementing a pre-configured > DHCP server, and because my ISP's DNS servers would typically go down > about once every other week. You don't *HAVE* to use it, it's simply > provided as a convinence. > > -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html