What should my preferred dns server be

At another site, I had three remote sites, all of them connected to a meg pipe, the connection was great, so, all of them pointed back to main as primary and self as secondary.

There is no right or wrong, it all depends on your setup, and resources. I had that issue as well Jay. Well the third DNS server was at another site. Wow, it didn't take long for the complaints to come in that "The Internet is slow". I am curious and have never run it before, but how do I run the "best practice analyzer"?

Where do I get it? I'd love to run it against one of mine and see The last time I used anything like that was called baseline security analyzer and if I am remember correctly it was for IIS Server in the server manager its built in. Open server manager click DNS and then center pane you should see it. What should the primary and secondary DNS point to? I've stumbled upon this thread as I was looking for the same answers. So according to the above said, that's incorrect?

With a single DC you should set the primary as the loop-back address This resolved any BPA warnings.. Can anyone please offer any explanation on the above? What's the difference between using the loopback address an a real IP address? The only thing I can think of is maybe if the interface fails than perhaps the OS will lose access to that IP but still have access its loopback interface. Are there anything else? To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.

We had only one DNS server. I have created a new one. Best Answer. Brian Steingraber This person is a verified professional. If my isp gives me another blog IPs in different C Class. But for now I don't know what settings it's correct I'm stack : — AkisC. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete?

Podcast Do polyglots have an edge when it comes to mastering programming Featured on Meta. Each network device, such as a computer, printer or server, has a host name or alias that needs to be assigned a number for communication. To be connected online, a host name has to be mapped to an IP address.

This is the primary way you can type in a domain name and be able to connect with that specific system rather than trying to remember a numerical address.

The preferred DNS is a specified primary choice to handle Internet protocol mapping. If the preferred choice times out after a time limit defined by an operating system, it will then attempt to try the alternate DNS. Share on:. Looking for something? Find here! Search Search. Subscribe to our email newsletter and never miss an update.