Registry Tip : DNS Server Stops Using Round Robin for Host Name Resolution

  • Section(s): DC and DNS
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 4 out of 5 based on 1 votes.
LocalNetPriority overrides Microsoft Windows NT Domain Name Service (DNS) server round robin functionality.
The latest version of Dns.exe for Windows NT server introduces a new feature, LocalNetPriority, that attempts to return Host resources that are local to the requestor instead of merely responding round robin. By default, normal round robin responses will not occur. To return to round robin responses, you will need to disable the LocalNetPriority setting: Q177883

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