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Hey guys,
My company consists of roughly 25 computers. Should I bother setting up DNS on our server? We're going to be connecting to our branch office servers soon, and I was also wondering if this would play a role when uses try to connect to our server from the branch?
Thanks a bunch!
My company consists of roughly 25 computers. Should I bother setting up DNS on our server? We're going to be connecting to our branch office servers soon, and I was also wondering if this would play a role when uses try to connect to our server from the branch?
Thanks a bunch!
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i think it's better to set up DNS on your server, it would be easier to access it.
How would DNS benifit us with such a small company?
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
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Originally Posted by Duki
How would DNS benifit us with such a small company?
Why do you think you should not use DNS
Last edited by knsljo; Jul 6th, 2006 at 2:48 pm.
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Originally Posted by knsljo
If you don't use DNS you will have to give all pc's static IP's and programme the router with them too. Its just saves alot of configuration even for a small company like yoursevles. Its also alot more secure to use DNS. You should only really disable it if your running somthing like an internal web server.
Why do you think you should not use DNS
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-Edsger Dijkstra
-Edsger Dijkstra
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Originally Posted by Duki
Is this why our DHCP is acting up, maybe? Because we don't have DNS running?
You must enable DNS for DHCP to work correctly. It is only an advantage to enable DNS. great.... okie doke. I'll do that either tomorrow or this weekend and I'll give you an update. 
I have another issue, which i'm assuming DNS will fix. I have a machine not showing up in our workgroup. I can ping it's IP and NETBOIS fine, but when I try to connect to it through Computers Near Me or by typing \\PCname it doesn't show up. any clue?
I have another issue, which i'm assuming DNS will fix. I have a machine not showing up in our workgroup. I can ping it's IP and NETBOIS fine, but when I try to connect to it through Computers Near Me or by typing \\PCname it doesn't show up. any clue?
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-Edsger Dijkstra
-Edsger Dijkstra
Yes DNS enabled should solve this. You won't be able to resolve the name to the ip address without DNS. Also check that the workgroup name on this machine is correct. You shouldn't really be using a workgroup with 25 machines it will start to cause problems. If possible you should create a domain.
The machines are on the same workgroup, yes.
That's one of the main reasons for our new network structure. We're in the process of switching over from peer-peer to client/server. I haven't gotten around to setting up the dc yet, as I can only do major events on Saturdays when noone is around, and I'm still transferring files from the old serv-computers.
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You shouldn't really be using a workgroup with 25 machines it will start to cause problems. If possible you should create a domain.
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-Edsger Dijkstra
-Edsger Dijkstra
My DHCP server keeps coming up with BAD_ADDRESS. I can delete them (over a hundred) and they just continue to come back, filling up the scope. Here's a bit of my log file...
I have no clue why I continue to get so many BAD_ADDRESS entries. We are switching over from a 13.240.x.x structure to 192.168.x.x. Most computers have two NICs in them, and the LAN was statically set on one of the cards. I've went around to most of the machines and disabled the static cards and left the other (or changed the other) to obtain from DHCP. Would this be part of the problem some how?
I'm also recieving NACK messages...
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16,07/09/06,16:53:49,Deleted,192.168.0.132,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:53:49,Deleted,192.168.0.133,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:53:49,Deleted,192.168.0.134,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:53:49,Deleted,192.168.0.135,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:53:49,Deleted,192.168.0.136,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
31,07/09/06,16:53:50,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.119,lagnew.,-1,
31,07/09/06,16:53:50,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.129,itlaptop.,-1,
31,07/09/06,16:53:50,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.137,zsummerfield.,-1,
31,07/09/06,16:53:51,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.152,robert.,-1,
31,07/09/06,16:53:51,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.163,b-holmes.,-1,
10,07/09/06,16:53:51,Assign,192.168.0.130,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:53:51,Conflict,192.168.0.130,BAD_ADDRESS,,
31,07/09/06,16:53:52,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.181,BOBBY.,-1,
31,07/09/06,16:53:52,DNS Update Failed,192.168.0.204,Win2k-Server-01.,-1, .....
..... 13,07/09/06,16:54:18,Conflict,192.168.0.69,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:54:31,Assign,192.168.0.70,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:54:31,Conflict,192.168.0.70,BAD_ADDRESS,,
16,07/09/06,16:54:32,Deleted,192.168.0.69,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:54:32,Deleted,192.168.0.94,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:54:32,Deleted,192.168.0.130,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:54:32,Deleted,192.168.0.182,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
16,07/09/06,16:54:32,Deleted,192.168.0.212,,xxxxxxxx,SERVER1\Administrator
10,07/09/06,16:54:44,Assign,192.168.0.69,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:54:44,Conflict,192.168.0.69,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:54:57,Assign,192.168.0.71,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:54:57,Conflict,192.168.0.71,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:55:10,Assign,192.168.0.72,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:55:10,Conflict,192.168.0.72,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:55:23,Assign,192.168.0.73,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:55:23,Conflict,192.168.0.73,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:55:36,Assign,192.168.0.74,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:55:36,Conflict,192.168.0.74,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:55:49,Assign,192.168.0.75,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:55:49,Conflict,192.168.0.75,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:56:02,Assign,192.168.0.76,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
13,07/09/06,16:56:02,Conflict,192.168.0.76,BAD_ADDRESS,,
10,07/09/06,16:56:15,Assign,192.168.0.77,,30303A31333A37323A34383A37643A3634696E66313030303030,
I'm also recieving NACK messages...
Last edited by Duki; Jul 9th, 2006 at 6:48 pm.
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-Edsger Dijkstra
-Edsger Dijkstra
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