In a normal DNS server setup on Win 2K3, how much is the DNS cache-time out .... In other words, for how long does it keep the entry in its cache so that it doesnt have to go to any other DNS server (root server or ISP server), etc ?
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Ok ... Now i need your opinion on 1 thing ...
I have 2 DNS servers on my LAN network ... First one looks for Root DNS servers to resolve DNS entries and has ofcourse DNS caching enabled ... The second DNS server has ISP's (Telstra) DNS server configured and that ISP is the one that we use for our internet links as well ... Now, I have attached 2 figures as well (figure 1 for DNS server 1 and fig 2 for DNS server 2) .. I'm a bit new to Microsoft training so first if you can confirm me if my understanding is correct ... and if this is so, then shouldnt the first DNS server use ISP's I.P address instead of root internet servers ???
Im not sure what you mean.. where are the requests from clients being sent to what dns server or can both access the internet ?
A DNS server on a network is designated as a forwarder by having the other DNS servers in the network forward the queries they cannot resolve locally to that DNS server.
Without having a specific DNS server designated as a forwarder, all DNS servers can send queries outside of a network using their root hints.
look here at this article it might help you alot
http://technet.microsoft.c
Client PCs send DNS request to a local IP which is 10.0.8.13 (Local DNS server 1) .... Now, this DNS server shows its acting as a forwarder and in Forwarders tab, it says "All Other DNS domains" ..... If i click on Root Hints tab, it shows all those root DNS servers and their I.P addresses, etc ... So does this mean that our DNS is contacting root internet servers for resolving any DNS entries ?
Please let me know if anything was unclear ?
When the DNS server receives a query, it attempts to resolve this query using the primary and secondary zones that it hosts and its cache.
If the query cannot be resolved using this local data, then it will forward the query to the DNS server designated as a forwarder.
The DNS server will wait briefly for an answer from the forwarder before attempting to contact the DNS servers specified in its root hints.
Actually, that was a typo error i made ... It's the DNS 2 server that is configured to contact the ISP (i.e. 139.130.4.4) ... DNS server 1's forwarder says "All other DNS domains" and has a list of root hints " .....So my question is "Shouldn't it be the other way around ? " As in, Primary DNS should be talking to ISP's DNS server for resolving queries ??? It seems right now it is talking to Root internet servers for resolving any non-cached queries ?
yes the amount of bandwidth used over the Internet connection is considerably less and the processing load on the internal name server is minimized as well by using the ISP
Of course, if the forwarder doesn't respond within the timeout configured, the server can either try another forwarder (if configured) or use root hints (if available) or give up and return an error.
between is there anyway i can check from the PC (possibly some command prompt command) that how much time does it take to resolve a certain entry ? That way I would be able to make a comparison between the DNS resolving time it takes through root server and DNS resolve time it takes using ISP's name server...
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by: WizardWillPosted on 2009-04-07 at 22:15:51ID: 24094165
here is an article on how to disable or change the TTL on the dns cache windows xp and server 2003
http://support.microsoft.c