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#1 2006-06-14 12:07
- catkin
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Suppress err 96 + don't "Register this connection's addresses in DNS"
Hello :-)
Thanks for NetSetMan, newly installed.
For those of us that don't want to have a computer registered in DNS (no benefit, reduced security from increased exposure and generally wanting to "keep things simple") ...
How about providing a configuration option:
a) that is equivalent to clearing (unticking) TCP/IP properties, Advanced, DNS, "Register this connection's addresses in DNS"?
b) to suppress error 96 (and 95?) when the Activate button is pressed and the "DNS client' service is not running?
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#2 2006-06-14 18:47
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Re: Suppress err 96 + don't "Register this connection's addresses in DNS"
a) There are lots of minor settings from the TCP/IP properties which I haven't included in NetSetMan to keep it clean an tiny. I don't think that this setting is that important to make a special setting for it.
b) Yes that's an idea. I'll try out different setting first to make sure everything is working poperly without that service enabled. Maybe even a special message like "OK. (No DNS service)" would do it.
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#3 2006-06-15 04:43
- catkin
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Re: Suppress err 96 + don't "Register this connection's addresses in DNS"
a) There are lots of minor settings from the TCP/IP properties which I haven't included in NetSetMan to keep it clean an tiny. I don't think that this setting is that important to make a special setting for it.
OK
b) Yes that's an idea. I'll try out different setting first to make sure everything is working poperly without that service enabled. Maybe even a special message like "OK. (No DNS service)" would do it.
That error message could be misunderstood to mean that DNS will not work (so can Microsoft's description of the DNS Client service). A better description of the DNS Client service is given at www.theeldergeek.com/dns_client.htm: "... it caches Domain Name System (DNS) names for this computer. If disabled, it simply means the system will go upstream to resolve DNS names rather than use the cache".
I routinely disable this service a) to speed boot b) to ensure locally cached DNS records do not mask newer DNS records c) the performance reduction is negligable d) the DNS server load increase in negligable.
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