Correct DNS settings for clients off an ADSL router
My client has an ADSL line, a linksys router that acts as DHCP, and an SBS2003 server with 5 clients. Whats the best setup for the primary and secondary DNS settings in the routers DHCP to give to its clients? Should the clients have the router as Pri DNS and the server as Secondary DNS, or the other way round? or even the ISP's DNS as the Primary and the router IP as the secondary DNS etc etc..
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thanks for the input guys - i'm off there to sort this out next week but was having a blonde moment so thats why i asked the question.
Much appreciated :)
Much appreciated :)
If you are looking at using it for ONLY internet-related DNS, then just pull normal DHCP from the linksys, which would pass on the ISP's DNS server addresses.
If you want more control over DNS, then setup DNS services on the SBS server, and only use the linksys as the gateway.
For DNS redundancy, you may want to look at an outside DNS provider. There are many, some free (usually a little slow, but usable), some pay (faster). http://www.DynDNS.org/ is one pay service that comes to mind. High availablility, high speed, and resonable price.
There are others, so if you are planning to manage your users DNS, take some time to plan it out carefully.