On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Joe Yoder <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a small LAN where I need workstations to use the DNS server on the > Domain Controller when it is up. When the DC is down I want the > workstations to use the DNS server built into the router. I am now using a > router running DD-WRT as a DHCP server to give out the IP address of DC as > the first DNS Server and the IP address of the router as the second DNS > Server. > > While the DC is up all is well but when the DC is down the workstations > apparently don't use the second DNS Server address as a ping to > www.yahoo.com returns "Ping request could not find host www.yahoo.com" > > Can someone help me understand why Windows doesn't use the second DNS > Server when the first one is not available and suggest an alternative > solution? > > ----------------------------------- Why over complicate it? I would stop the DC from allocating the IP. To read that it comes and goes? I would just take it out of the equation and let the router fulfill the job. YMMV -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
