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The SRV record has a priority value on it.<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232025" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232025</a>
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The SRV record has a priority value on it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232025 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232025]

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In Active Directory if you have more than 1 domain controller they show up in DNS as (same as parent folder). &nbsp;So when trying to ping the domain (not the Domain controller) it returns one of the IP's listed in (same as parent folder). &nbsp;How does DNS chose which IP to return to the client that is requesting it?<br />
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In Active Directory if you have more than 1 domain controller they show up in DNS as (same as parent folder).  So when trying to ping the domain (not the Domain controller) it returns one of the IP's listed in (same as parent folder).  How does DNS chose which IP to return to the client that is requesting it?

Thanks

How does DNS pick what IP to return to the client?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.

Windows 2000

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).