DNS > How To Cinfigurate the DNS Client Setting

Configure the following settings for each DNS client:

1. TCP/IP settings for DNS
2. Host name and domain membership
   

To configure DNS client settings

1. At the computer that you are configuring to use DNS, click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Network Connections.
2. Right-click the network connection that you want to configure, and then click Properties.
3. On the General tab, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
4. If you want to obtain DNS server addresses from a DHCP server, click Obtain DNS server address automatically.
5. If you want to configure DNS server addresses manually, click Use the following DNS server addresses, and in Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server, type the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the preferred DNS server and alternate DNS server.
6. Click OK to exit.Note It is not necessary to restart the computer at this time if you intend to change the computer's name or domain membership in the following steps.
7. In Control Panel, double-click System.
8. On the Computer Name tab, click Change.
9. In Computer name, type the name of the computer (the host name).
10. Click Domain, and then type the name of the domain you want the computer to join.
11. If Computer Name Changes appears, in User Name, type the domain name and user name of an account that is allowed to join computers to the domain, and in Password, type the password of the account. Separate the domain name and user name with a backslash (for example, domain\user_name).
12. Click OK to close all dialog boxes