Static IP & DNS

Slime101 · 10 Nov 2009 at 20:15

I'm using static ip's to avoid conflicts with print servers, NAS etc however when i set it on the laptops, what should i set the DNS to, should i set it to the gateway, or manually enter some DNS server addresses from somewhere??

Sin_Chase · 10 Nov 2009 at 20:21

Environment?

If its at home then point it at your router or directly at your ISP. Or if you prefer use an alternative such as openDNS.

Slime101 · 10 Nov 2009 at 20:25

Home, ive tried both directly to the router and to the VM dns servers but not sure which is best or more relaible??

Daegan · 10 Nov 2009 at 20:33

It won't make any difference, just set it to the gateway if you're happy to use the DNS servers assigned by your ISP. In fact even if you're not happy with the performance of VM's DNS servers still set it to the gateway, but specify different DNS servers in your router's setup.

wij · 10 Nov 2009 at 20:57

And surely it would just make a lot more sense to set the fixed devices, i.e. your NAS, print server etc. to a static IP address outside the DHCP servers range and just leave all the clients on automatic settings via DHCP.

PistolPete · 10 Nov 2009 at 23:28

Home, ive tried both directly to the router and to the VM dns servers but not sure which is best or more relaible??

Assuming you are a VM customer then this is the same thing!

Reservations are the way forward and I'd set the machines to the router and then you can adjust all the machine in one go by adjusting the router if need be.

tolien · 11 Nov 2009 at 00:41

The router will probably be caching results so you might find it's slightly better.

Slime101 · 11 Nov 2009 at 07:47

Thanks fellas, i shall point it at the router for ease of change if there is a problem