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Winlogon <GPClient> took 121 sec to handle event (Logon) - DNS Issue?

We recently made some changes to our ASUS router and Comcast gateway. Changed the default gateway via Windows Server DHCP server to the Comcast gateway but kept the DNS pointing at the Windows Server DNS Server. DHCP is turned off on Gateway. I noticed the network adapter on a workstation is picking a different primary DNS address. What did I miss? The primary DNS is supposed to be 10.219.1.2
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Well, the subject of your post asks a completely different question than the contents of your post.

So first, the subject. No the GPClient event log is *not* a DNS issue. That's a group policy issue. And not necessarily an error.

Now for your question. "The primary DNS is supposed to be 10.219.1.2"

In the screenshot you posted, that *is* the primary DNS. So if that's what it is supposed to be as you claimed, there is no issue there either.
It sounds like you have a rogue DHCP Server on the line. Temporarily stop the DHCP Server on the server and from a workstation do a ipconfig /release followed by a ipconfig /renew. If it renews you have another DHCP Server somewhere. Look at the gateway address and visit it with IE to try and figure out what and where it is,
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Sorry I wasn't clear. The logon time became very long after the default gateway switch and after googling the topic DNS came up. After noticing 2001:558:feed::1 in the primary DNS field I focused my question more on that. I'm going to check the settings on the comcast gateway when I find the password and try lockdowns suggestion to check to make sure DHCP isn't running elsewhere on the network.
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