There are three reasons why I didn't like MS DNS when I tried it. One, it kept adding and removing things without my intervention. I think this may have something to do with Active Directory. It was driving me crazy because every time I went to look at something, it was different than the last time. I have a lot of internet domains on each machine, and I was spending more time looking at all of the new junk in the DNS than I was actually doing the updates that caused me to open the DNS manager in the first place.
Second, it uses a non-standard increment system that doesn't include the date in it. Ok, I guess there isn't really a standard out there, but I like having the date in the increment. I don't believe MS DNS lets you change how it does its increments. Third, I have had problems with pre-Win2k MS DNS working and playing well with DNS on other platforms. I don't know if MS DNS is 100% reliable in this regard now or not. For someone who knows MS DNS better than I do, perhaps all three of these things are non-issues. Perhaps I didn't set it up right. But I do know the BIND works great for me, with none of these issues. Paul Navarre > I'll second this vote. I think MS DNS gets a bad rap because a lot of > people set it up without understanding DNS. It's so easy, and comes with > Winnt, that many admin throw it up without realizing what they're getting > into. I was in that category, but once I understood DNS a little better > (still not an expert, though!), it has worked reliably since. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
