DNS primary and secondaries...

[Bill Larson]

The idea of "primary" and "secondary" name server does NOT include the
concept of failover.  Both the primary and secondary name servers can
always answering DNS queries.  There is no "failover".

If the clients are not receiving answers from the secondary name
server, then either the secondary name server is not functioning, or
the clients are not configured to query the secondary name server.

Have you configured your clients to use the secondary?  For a Unix
system, this would be in the /etc/resolv.conf file.  For Windows, this
information is in the Start->Settings->Control Panel->Network and then
select TCP/IP->Properties->DNS Configuration.  For a Mac, you need to
look in either the MacTCP or TCP/IP control panel.  For any of these
systems, you should have the IP address of both the primary and
secondary name servers listed.

Bill Larson (wllarso at swcp.com)

In article <37CC1BB0.5C422D76 at actioni.net>,
Morgan Sarges  <blip at actioni.net> wrote:
>
>When we kill or knock out  the primary, shouldnt the secondary start
>picking up
>and answering for the client workstations?
>
>Currently, it doesnt look like it is.