Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly

Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly
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fox7 @ 16th Oct 04:08PM:
Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly

Hi:
I have a Zywall 2, and the DNS is not reporting properly when I do ipconfig /all. I have tried it with the proper DNS Server IP entered in the Zywall and with the ipconfig /all cmd it provides the DNS IP from our previous ISP. I have the computer set to obtain. The I changed the Zywall to obtain from ISP and it still reports the previous IP and I have tried it with 3 different computers.

How can I get it to start using the correct DNS IP??

Thanks,
fox7
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Brano @ 16th Oct 04:14PM:
Re: Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly

Goto LAN, then check what's in First, Second and Third DNS Server.
Setting it to DNS Relay is probably the best option.
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fox7 @ 16th Oct 04:42PM:
Re: Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly

Brano:
Thanks for the FAST reply!! I tried what you suggested, but then it would not resolve anything, not even in a ping. But it changed what it was reporting in ipconfig /all to the routers (Zywall) address. So I went and entered the correct DNS IPs in the Zywall and the ipconfig /all is still reporting the Zywall's IP as the DNS, but now things are resolving really fast like normal. That is why I needed to get it changed, it was resolving painfully slow.

Thanks Brano, and if this does not give final resolution to the issue I will post again.

Thanks,
fox7
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Brano @ 16th Oct 04:45PM:
Re: Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly

Once you change the DNS servers on ZyWall you have to do ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew to re-fetch new settings on each host.
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fox7 @ 20th Oct 04:20PM:
Re: Zywall 2, DNS not reporting correctly

Brano:
Yea, I know to release. It seems I am doing this all the time :)

Why I am back on this thread now, is that now it is reporting the proper IPs for the DNS servers when I do an Ipconfig /all. It had been working since we worked on it, but now it is finally reporting the proper IPs. It may have been reporting properly yesterday, I didn't have time to check.

Thanks again for helping me!!

fox7
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