Help on windows server 2012- DNS issues

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I set up a lab simulation at home. I'm currently lost with dns. My server gets on the internet fine. I set up the server to be on 192.168.1.200 with dns server to 127.0.0.1. Not sure how thats working but it is..
How can I set up a client to join the domain without entering the dns settings?
I have read about setting up the dhcp server on the server and disabling on the router. Not sure if then I would then have to point the router to my dns server and the ISP dns server as well?
Any help is appreciated. This whole concept is kinda confusing to me at the moment.
I set up a lab simulation at home. I'm currently lost with dns. My server gets on the internet fine. I set up the server to be on 192.168.1.200 with dns server to 127.0.0.1. Not sure how thats working but it is..
How can I set up a client to join the domain without entering the dns settings?
I have read about setting up the dhcp server on the server and disabling on the router. Not sure if then I would then have to point the router to my dns server and the ISP dns server as well?
Any help is appreciated. This whole concept is kinda confusing to me at the moment.
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You router doesn't really need DNS unless it's resolving something. Regardless, the proper setup is to configure the server to use itself as primary DNS, as you have it, then in the dns configuration on the server, enter your ISP or whoever (i.e. Google) DNS server into the forwarding section, then point your clients/DHCP and router to your DNS server (192.168.1.200).
Your clients should never communicate with an external DNS server while on your lan because, after you join them to the domain, they will query the dns server asking about internal records for AD and such, and won't receive a response.
This might be silly.. but how do you set up your ISP in the forwarding section?
Nevermind found it after did a cbtnugget.
Thanks!
Thanks! I will read these soon
This should help. Configure a DNS server to use forwarders: Domain Name System(DNS)
Youll want to put your ISP's DNS server IP in there. You can get that from your router.
You can make the ISP DNS as your Authoritative DNS, not secure or corporate environment but all queries to your DNS will be forwarded to ISP's DNS which is what happens when you surf at home