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by bkajesh

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I have a win2k domain
I have a winxp pro desktop
I have a win98 desktop

Problem:
When I try to logon to the win2k domain with my windows 98 machine, it logs on fine (logon time: <10 sec.) When I try to logon to the win2k domain with the win xp pro machine, it take a long time to logon (logon time: 2-5min).

- Change the DNS setting of the XP machine to the Win2k (local) Was able to Log on to the network in less than 10 sec.

This was due to a DNS setting in windows XP. In order to fix the logon problem, I have to put the win2k server as the primary DNS & put our ISP?s DNS as the second and third.

New problem:
While the logon issue was resolved by adding the win2k server as the primary DNS server, another problem arises? the Windows XP machine is now unable to connect to the Internet!
I tried changing the XP machine?s DNS setting and made the win2k server?s IP into it?s Secondary DNS. The same logon problem came back?

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by p.j.hutchison

You need to take off the ISP DNS address off your PC and modify DNS Server settings and add the ISP DNS addresses to the Forwarders tab on DNS MMC
on the server.
So your DNS will auto fwd requests for dns resolving to ISP if its not local.

by blackcurrant

Hi

You need to add the IP address of the device or computer that provides access to the internet to your gateway entry in DNS.

For example, your DNS server address may be 192.168.0.1 and your router's IP address (or the address of the computer that is connected to the internet), may be 192.168.0.52. In the TCP/IP properties you need to make sure that 192.168.0.1 is the primary DNS server address, and that 192.168.0.52 is the secondary and gateway address. The order of the addresses should be:

192.168.0.1
192.168.0.52

This will ensure that all network (domain) requests are forwarded to the domain's DNS server.

Therefore, when attempting to connect to an internet address, the first DNS server will fail (because it only deals with domain or private IP address requests), and the second DNS server will be contacted. The second DNS server will forward the request to your ISP.

Good luck

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