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How's that for easy points? &nbsp;I just wanted verification that my assumptions were correct.<br />
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Thanks for the quick reply!
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How's that for easy points?  I just wanted verification that my assumptions were correct.

Thanks for the quick reply!

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No worries, good luck with it :)<br />
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Chris
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I have a Windows 2008 Enterprise Server. &nbsp;I want to install AD and therefore obviously need DNS installed. &nbsp;I have a Linksys 600n router running DD-WRT. &nbsp;How do I properly configure DNS? &nbsp;I'm going to have my server as primary DNS @ 192.168.1.254. &nbsp;I was going to use my router for DHCP. &nbsp;I assume that I will have the router point to the DNS server as primary as well, then have the server go out to my ISP's DNS or Open DNS, etc for forwarding requests? &nbsp;In the past, I have had my server point to my router for forwarding requests and my router points to OpenDNS for it's primary. &nbsp;But looking back , that seems sort of stupid.<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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I have a Windows 2008 Enterprise Server.  I want to install AD and therefore obviously need DNS installed.  I have a Linksys 600n router running DD-WRT.  How do I properly configure DNS?  I'm going to have my server as primary DNS @ 192.168.1.254.  I was going to use my router for DHCP.  I assume that I will have the router point to the DNS server as primary as well, then have the server go out to my ISP's DNS or Open DNS, etc for forwarding requests?  In the past, I have had my server point to my router for forwarding requests and my router points to OpenDNS for it's primary.  But looking back , that seems sort of stupid.

Thanks in advance.

Proper DNS configuration for Server 2008 behind a router

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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.

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.