Because forwarders suck? I've got a fairly high traffic Win2k SP2 + hotfixes DNS server that exhibited the same problems you're seeing until I killed the DNS Client service, and it hasn't happened since - and that's been 6-8 weeks now.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:31 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > Many times. Sometimes it starts working right after clearing > the DNS cache > (so I don't have to restart the DNS server service), but sometimes it > doesn't. But sooner or later it craps out again. > > Using forwarders (BIND 8) servers seems to eliminate this > problem. The issue > is that we want to avoid using forwarders, we have other > reasons for that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:25 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > Did you also clear the DNS cache in the DNS service? > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Peregrine Systems > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:56 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Cc: Humberto Perez; Joe Gonzalez > > Subject: RE: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > > > > Stopped the DNS client but DNS still crapped out. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:55 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > > > > That's all fine and good, but you need to read up on what the > > DNS Client > > service does. > > > > The DNS Client Service acts as a client side DNS cache. There > > is no need for > > the DNS Client to run on ANY machine on the network. It can > > help, but on an > > active server running the DNS service, it causes problems. > > > > Disable it and you'll stop having the issue. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Peregrine Systems > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:44 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > > > > > > > But... the server is its own client. For example in order for > > > Netdiag to > > > pass all the tests, the IP configuration needs its own IP > > > address for the > > > DNS server. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:01 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > > > > > > > Although this is more NT/Win2k than anything, disable the DNS > > > Client service > > > on the DNS server. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > > Peregrine Systems > > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:16 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: Win2K DNS is PISSING ME OFF > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > > > I have two Win2K AD DNS servers. Recently they have been > > > > acting up: all of a > > > > sudden one of them stops using root hints and can't resolve a > > > > lot of good > > > > domain names (request timed-out). I restart the DNS server > > > service and > > > > everything is OK again. Then 10-15 minutes later, it starts > > > > giving request > > > > timed-out. Both DNS servers experience this at different times. > > > > > > > > Has anyone here seen this? > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > List posting FAQ: > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Archives: > http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
