AllnetworkserversrunWindowsServer2003.AllclientcomputerIPaddressesareassignedbyusingaDHCPserverthatislocatedineachoffice.Clientcomputersarereimagedoftenandareassignednewnameseachtimetheyarereimaged.AllclientcomputersareconfiguredtoreferencetheirlocalDNSserverasthepreferredDNSserverandtoreferencethecentralDNSserverasthealternateDNSserver.Aprimaryzoneforlitwareinc.comisconfiguredonaserverintheLimaoffice.Secondaryzonesareconfiguredonaserverineachbranchoffice.Theretryinterval,therefreshinterval,theexpirationinterval,andthedefaultminimumTimetoLive(TTL)intervalareconfiguredwiththedefaultsettings.Networkbandwidthutilizationaverages40percent.ThenetworkconnectionbetweentheLimaofficeandtheBogotaofficefailsanaverageoftwiceperday.UsersintheBogotaofficeoccasionallyreceiveincorrectresponsestoqueriesagainstthelocalDNSserverwhenthenetworkconnectionisinterruptedduringazonetransfer.
Youneedtochangetheconfigurationofthestartofauthority(SOA)resourcerecordforlitwareinc.com.Inaddition,youneedtoreducethepossibilitythatuserscanquerylocalDNSzonesbeforesuccessfulzonetransfersoccur.
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