How can I enable or disable subnet prioritization on the DNS server?

A. The DNS server can check the IP address of a client that's requesting name resolution and sort the results it returns to the client according to the proximity of the host address to the querying IP address. To enable or disable this functionality, perform the following steps on the DNS server:

Under Windows 2000 and later, you can also use the DNS Management Console to set this functionality. To use this tool to change the setting, go to Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, then click DNS Management Console; right-click the server and select Properties; select the Advanced tab; then clear or select the "Enable Netmask Ordering" check box. You can also control the round-robin functionality by opening the DNS Management Console Advanced tab and clearing or selecting "Enable round robin". The following list describes the expected functionality, depending on the values you set: