XP Professional and DNS

[Dave Harrington]

Hi all -

I'm looking to set up my personal computer as a backup to a DNS & Web server
that I'm running. I know that with XP Pro, you can download administrative
tools as well as set up a web and ftp server. I cannot find anywhere the
ability to run DNS on XP Pro. Is this possible, and if so, what am I
missing?

Thanks!

Dave

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

You can't run DNS on XP Pro. You must have a server.

Tom
| Hi all -
|
| I'm looking to set up my personal computer as a backup to a DNS & Web
server
| that I'm running. I know that with XP Pro, you can download
administrative
| tools as well as set up a web and ftp server. I cannot find anywhere the
| ability to run DNS on XP Pro. Is this possible, and if so, what am I
| missing?
|
| Thanks!
|
| Dave
|
|

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm looking to set up my personal computer as a backup to a DNS &
Web server that I'm running. I know that with XP Pro, you can
download administrative tools as well as set up a web and ftp
server. I cannot find anywhere the ability to run DNS on XP Pro.
Is this possible, and if so, what am I missing?

Windows XP is not a server operating system.
Windows XP runs IIS 5.1 (as opposed to 6.0 of the Windows Server 2003
series.)
You could run a third party DNS server, but I do not believe XP itself could
be a DNS server for more than itself.
(And the connections limitations make it a poor Web server too.)

 

[Admiral Q]

What you are missing is a "server" OS.