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DNS in WINDOWS 2000

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by charlesl

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Hi,
I have just installed windows 2000 with Active directory and setup DNS as the server which is say 172.16.8.1. I have also installed DHCP & WINS on the same server.
I have a firewall and leased line access to the internet.My ISP have given me 2 DNS IP numbers for the internet access which i added in the TCP/IP settings.
I can either access the internet or the internal local network at the same time but not both.

What am i doing wrong.

Could you pls help.

Charles.

The problem is this.
If i set the external DNS info as the preferred DNS,then i can connect to
the internet - no problem but internal connection is very slow.
Eg: Outlook takes extra time to connect.

If i change the DNS to local DNS then i can't connect to the internet but
outlook starts up quickly.

How can i resolve this ?

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by jamrock

Under Admin Tools in Start, Programs, goto DNS and input your DNS numbers in the Forward Lookup.
This should help.

by georgevlob

Go to Start|Programs|Administrative Tools|DNS (Note you can do this from the Computer Management console). Right click on the server name and go to properties. Select the Forwarders tab and check off "Enable forwarders". Add the DNS IP addresses youwere given from your ISP.
This will forward any DNS lookups that your server does not know to your ISP DNS servers.

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