Response in-line below. Sorry for the messed up formatting, I don't
know how to set Notes to do better.
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Mark W. Wheatley, BSc
AVR/AFS-650/LMIT
+1 405 954 2630
"Michael E.
Hanson" To: <bind-users at isc.org>
<MEHanson at Gryphon cc:
sGate.com> Subject: Re: W2K multi-master features
Sent by:
bind-users-bounce
@isc.org
08/16/2002 10:22
>In the event of a conflict (two servers recording changes to the
>same DNS entry between replication cycles), the record with the newer
>timestamp "wins" and the older change is discarded.
The result of this will be the discarding of an otherwise valid
update.
>Running a single DNS on anything but a very small unimportant network is a
>mistake IMHO. Without DNS, your Win2K and WinXP clients will not be able
to
>locate the Domain Controller and will not be able to logon. A minimum of
>two DNS servers is recommended, more if you have multiple subnets and
sites.
Agreed on the minimum of two DNS servers, but nothing says they have
to be Microsoft products.