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| Disable recursion on a Windows 2000 server |
| Set up a DNS forwarder outlined some basics about DNS forwarding and how to set it up. Two |
| settings affect how Windows 2000 DNS server works with forwarding. To view these settings, open |
| the DNS console, expand the server node, right-click it, and select Properties. On the Forwarders |
| tab, you'll notice two settings at the bottom of the dialog box. |
| The first setting at the bottom of the Forwarders dialog box allows you to set the forwarder timeout |
| in seconds. This causes the DNS server to wait for a forwarder for the specified amount of time. |
| When time runs out, the server will contact another server on the list. When the last forwarder on |
| the list fails, the DNS server will continue with the standard recursion process; it will issue |
| iterative queries to other DNS servers. |
| The second setting (Do Not Use Recursion), can stop standard recursion. If you check this option, |
| the DNS server won't use the recursion if all forwarders fail. This forces the DNS server to |
| exclusively use its forwarders to resolve a query. |
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