Server DNS/DHCP Configuration Questions

[Guest Nobody Important]

An office that I have had one two XP Home machines for several years is

doing an upgrade and had to go XP Pro and Server 2003.

 

 

 

We installed a new Dell 840 and I upgraded both work stations to XP Pro.

 

 

 

The only problem is the long delay of signing into the server. I did some

web searches and people are describing my exact problem as a DNS related.

The workstations are not seeing the server at first and the requests are

going out onto the web.

 

 

 

Right now, we have a Linksys behind a Bellsouth (now the new AT&T!) modem

doing the DHCP and DNS and all and I am using 192.168.1.100 as the starting

scope. This office needs web access.

 

 

 

So how should I configure the network to resolve this? I'd rather not change

anything with the Linksys since it is working fine with DHCP and forwarding

DNS to the internet.

 

 

 

Can I just use manual TCP/IP configuration? IF that is so, what would the

DNS address be?

 

 

 

Or just cheat and use a HOST file with a pointer to the server?

[Guest Myweb]

Re: Server DNS/DHCP Configuration Questions

 

Hello Nobody,

 

Configure your server as DHCP and DNS server and disable the features on

your Linksys. It is a workgroup server i assume, because you talking about

DNS is coming form the Linksys? The DHCP scope configure for your internal

LAN only and configure a Forwarder to your ISP's DNS in your DNS server.

Then your workstations first talks to your internal DNS and if this can not

resolve the request it will ask the forwarder and give the resolved addresses

to your clients.

 

Best regards

 

Myweb

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> An office that I have had one two XP Home machines for several years

> is doing an upgrade and had to go XP Pro and Server 2003.

>

> We installed a new Dell 840 and I upgraded both work stations to XP

> Pro.

>

> The only problem is the long delay of signing into the server. I did

> some web searches and people are describing my exact problem as a DNS

> related. The workstations are not seeing the server at first and the

> requests are going out onto the web.

>

> Right now, we have a Linksys behind a Bellsouth (now the new AT&T!)

> modem doing the DHCP and DNS and all and I am using 192.168.1.100 as

> the starting scope. This office needs web access.

>

> So how should I configure the network to resolve this? I'd rather not

> change anything with the Linksys since it is working fine with DHCP

> and forwarding DNS to the internet.

>

> Can I just use manual TCP/IP configuration? IF that is so, what would

> the DNS address be?

>

> Or just cheat and use a HOST file with a pointer to the server?

>