willz99ta

My DC is running my DHCP on the small network Im operating. All the computers running on the DC were set to find the DNS server automatically (in the TCP/IP properties). ...and everything has worked like a charm for a year. Suddenly, the web access started screwing up at all computers that did not have a static IP (IE the DHCP computers) on the network. I decided to hard code the DHCP server's IP address into the box for the DNS address (in TCP/IP properties) for all of the computers that were having problems. It worked great, my question is WHY? Thanks for all your help! Will Howard

I have had the DNS address in the DHCP's settings all along. I'm talking about on the clients computer's settings. I have to hardcode the internal IP for the DHCP server into the DNS settings for the client. It used to be Obtain DNS Auto, but I had to change it because the Internet connection started going haywire. Why would doing this to a clients computer even do anything? It should find all of this information automatically. Thanks for the help, Will Howard

Did you not have an option in your client PCs' IP settings for DNS? If not, did the client PCs have a hardcoded DNS server already on them? --------------------- Well, they did have an option for DNS but it was set to 'find automatically'. It had no problem finding it until yesterday and today. Why would I have to hardcode the DNS to the DHCP server's IP address? Would it not find the DNS automatically with no problem? Will Howard