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Can I configure XP to use multiple DNS servers?

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Zoinks

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I want to use one DNS server for say any queries in the 192.168 range and my IP server's DNS server for all internet queries. Can I set up Windows XP to do this?
 
You can put 2 dns addresses in there. It says "DNS server addresses, in order of use". So in theory, if the first doesn't give a result it tries the second. You could just make sure you put your internal dns server first in the list, and as long as the internal dns server isn't able to resolve external addresses I think it should work. Give it a shot and let me know!

Can you provide more details about what you're trying to accomplish? What addresses do you want to resolve internally?
 
You can put 2 dns addresses in there. It says "DNS server addresses, in order of use". So in theory, if the first doesn't give a result it tries the second. You could just make sure you put your internal dns server first in the list, and as long as the internal dns server isn't able to resolve external addresses I think it should work. Give it a shot and let me know!
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Please don't.

Windows will only fail over to the secondary when the primary does not respond. Not when the primary doesn't return an answer to a query. Even if you failed over to the secondary, the same thing would then apply in the reverse. The client will stay with the secondary until the secondary doesn't respond or the client is rebooted.

Set up your DNS server correctly. Either configure your ISP as a forwarder or use the root hints. Point the clients only to the internal DNS server.
 
You can't do it. As long as the first DNS Server listed responds, then the second DNS Server will NEVER be used. If the first DNS Server can't supply the needed information, then you'll get back a "Host Not Found" message, even though the second DNS Server could have resolved the name request.
 
Set up your DNS server correctly. Either configure your ISP as a forwarder or use the root hints. Point the clients only to the internal DNS server.
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That sounds interesting, how do I do it?
 
Are you using a Windows server for DNS? If so, go into the DNS console, right click the server name, go to properties and then click the forwarders tab. Enter the IP(s) for your ISP's DNS servers.

Then just configure the client to use your DNS server as primary and leave secondary blank (unless you have another DNS server on your network).
 
Hehe... I just did that in class today. Still don't fully understand it since nothing actually worked because we isolate the classroom network when we're working with servers.
 
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