are windows SBS is starting to go and when it does all the clients in our office loose dns settings and then as a result can not get out to the internet for services they need
as a temporary measure I have manually edited some of there computers to have a alternate DNS server (preferred is set to the ip address of the SBS automaticly)
What setting on the SBS do i need to change to push the Alternate DNS SERVER value out to all the computers on this domain?
Best Answer
If you just use your ISP's DNS you are going to run into problems because you will have trouble resolving local resources. You probably want to add a new DNS server to your network, DNS is a very "light" service in small networks so this can be done on a small box with no problems.
If the SBS box dies you will need to make your new DNS server the primary, only the primary DNS server can change the zone database (unless it's AD integrated but fix this before worrying about that).