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Hi Infamus - Thanks for your advice but what you suggest is exactly what I have already done. See attached image.<br />
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BPA still reports that the loopback address should not be the first entry and as you can see, it is evidently not the first entry.<br />
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Hi Infamus - Thanks for your advice but what you suggest is exactly what I have already done. See attached image.

BPA still reports that the loopback address should not be the first entry and as you can see, it is evidently not the first entry.
DNS-Advanced.jpg [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2013/11_w48/689871/DNS-Advanced.jpg]

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BPA on the server is always reporting that &quot;DNS servers on (<i>network adaptor</i>) should include the loopback address but not as the first entry&quot;.<br />
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The DNS Server addresses ARE listed as they should be with the loopback address listed at the bottom as the LAST entry. What am I doing wrong?
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BPA on the server is always reporting that "DNS servers on (network adaptor) should include the loopback address but not as the first entry".

The DNS Server addresses ARE listed as they should be with the loopback address listed at the bottom as the LAST entry. What am I doing wrong?

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