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Root Hints.<br />
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Setup a Forwarder to your ISP's DNS server rather than relying on Root Hints.<br />
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If you have a root zone in DNS (&quot;.&quot;) then delete it to activate the Forwarder tab.<br />
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Root Hints.

Setup a Forwarder to your ISP's DNS server rather than relying on Root Hints.

If you have a root zone in DNS (".") then delete it to activate the Forwarder tab.



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Forget the ISP's DNS (good idea, but depending on the ISP... can be frustrating)<br />
Forward to <a href="http://www.opendns.com" rel="ugc">www.opendns.com</a> (no affiliation other than a satisfied user). It's free and extremely robust.<br />

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Forget the ISP's DNS (good idea, but depending on the ISP... can be frustrating)
Forward to www.opendns.com [http://www.opendns.com] (no affiliation other than a satisfied user). It's free and extremely robust.


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let me clarify. Setup an account using <a href="http://www.opendns.com" rel="ugc">www.opendns.com</a>, then forward to their servers. 
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let me clarify. Setup an account using www.opendns.com [http://www.opendns.com], then forward to their servers.

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Thanks for the ideas, i know this is a stupid question but im a complete novice. Where in sbs 2008 do i go to add the forwarder?
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Thanks for the ideas, i know this is a stupid question but im a complete novice. Where in sbs 2008 do i go to add the forwarder?

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Thanks very much, seems to have done the trick
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Thanks very much, seems to have done the trick

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I have over the past few months installed 4 new SBS 2008 servers. But all 4 servers have the same problem. For a few days everything works fine, then out of the blue some websites cant be viewed. During this time it seems that .com sites work fine but .co.uk do not!! To fix the issue I run the ICW, its then fine for a few days. Then it all happens again.<br />
I can only think its something to do with the DNS, but I cant work out what.<br />
Has anyone come across this before?<br />
Many thanks<br />

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I have over the past few months installed 4 new SBS 2008 servers. But all 4 servers have the same problem. For a few days everything works fine, then out of the blue some websites cant be viewed. During this time it seems that .com sites work fine but .co.uk do not!! To fix the issue I run the ICW, its then fine for a few days. Then it all happens again.
I can only think its something to do with the DNS, but I cant work out what.
Has anyone come across this before?
Many thanks


Internet problems on a SBS 2008 server network

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