local DNS vs external DNS

[Jon]

i'm using XP in a 2000 server/domain environment with
dhcp and wins. i dont have local dns configured.

when the xp machine is set on dynamic ip, it takes
forever to log onto the domain. plus, at times the
network drives dont map out to servers. however, when
the xp machine is set on static ip with external dns
pointing outside and a local dns pointing to the dhcp
server, the log on is quicker and the network drives are
fine. but the internet doesnt work.

am i doing something wrong here?

 

[David Jones [MSFT]]

Hi Jon,

XP uses DNS to locate a domain controller to authenticate with when you log
on.
On your DHCP server, you'll want to change it to hand out your domain
controller's IP address for DNS (this is a scope option that you can change
in the DHCP administrative tool on the server).
This will give all clients (like your XP client) the domain controller's IP
for DNS, like you mention you did manually.
Next, also on the domain controller, add DNS fowarders in the DNS
administrative tool that point to your ISP's DNS servers (the DNS servers
you get right now when you get a dynamic IP). The help file in the DNS
administrative tool has more information on how to do this.

David Jones [MSFT]

 

[Marc Reynolds [MSFT]]

If you have a Windows 2000 Domain, you must have a DNS server that hosts the
AD records. Point your XP clients to this server for DNS and configure the
DNS server to forward to your ISP DNS server.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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