DNS locally or define things in DNS settings with Network Solutions or Godaddy?

I'm thinking about making a DNS server here onsite so that the only
thing on godaddy for DNS is our domain pointing to our DNS server such
as DNS1.company.com would that be better than having
mail.company.com ftp.company.com defined on DNS at goaddy? Or
would that just generate way too much traffic on my network connection?
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Hello Craig,
thanks for your answer.
[VPN Client sometimes doesn't restore DNS settings after disconnecting]
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> > Any suggestions appreciated,
> >
> This one seems to be so related to the design of the VPN client that
> you may need to open an incident to get it fixed, if that even would
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>
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> remember.
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so, I didn't find why it didn't work... but:
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64 bytes from 202.76.170.228: icmp_seq=1 ttl=61 time=25.984 ms
64 bytes from 202.76.170.228: icmp_seq=2 ttl=61 time=25.504 ms
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64 bytes from 202.76.170.228: icmp_seq=4 ttl=61 time=25.297 ms
64 bytes from 202.76.170.228: icmp_seq=5 ttl=61 time=25.258 ms
64 bytes from 202.76.170.228: icmp_seq=6 ttl=61 time=24.915 ms
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64 bytes from 208.122.23.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=187.398 ms
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I changed my DNS settings on AE ac. Are these settings supposed to change the settings on every computer on the LAN? If so, what conditions must prevail (e.g. Sys Pred>Network>Advanced must be unlocked)?

I've got clients on Ethernet (6) and WiFi (15). (Oh, this is a home.).
I know what it is like.. my router tells me I have 25 clients at the moment.. it is almost unbelievable in modern homes we have that much IP stuff connected.
I might otherwise have thought it was a business though.
I have double checked just now.. by using a test setup.
This is on a newly reconfigured airport (happens to be gen4 but that is not relevant).
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I have done these tests before but it is good to be reminded.
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And was hoping the DHCP would see the DNS and would pass 8.8.4.4 to the clients. No such luck. Although the AE itself should use 8.8.4.4 and whatever secondary DNS you set.
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I have posted the details of the setup a few times.
See Re: airport time capsule keeps disconnecting
I have suggested it for a situation here bridge was unreliable.. but I use this method to assign static IP and special DNS values to clients in my network that require access to US for TV don't you know.

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Going to sleep on and see how it works in the morning.
The problem is solved and I have checked the Yes button that my
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just as well for Mail users.
If you are tied of getting the following Entourage error
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Error:
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Explanation:
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Error –3170
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<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/32784/namebench>
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did not work right. Some pages would not open and others were
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DNS and control things using the OS X Network preference pane.
The addition of preferred DNS Servers in my Preference seems
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