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Date:      Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:07:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org>
To:        Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Name Server Behind Router
Message-ID:  <20011109130033.B56702-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1AA3F01F@mailsvr.ecx.com>

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On 2001-11-09, Jonathan Hilgeman scribbled:

# 4 - I want to be able to use that server as a name server. However, I have
# tried a few different things and I cannot seem to get it configured and
# running correctly.

To start named at startup, make sure that you have the following in
/etc/rc.conf:

named_enable="YES"

# Can someone offer general tips or even specific tips if you can, to how I
# should set this all up. i.e. Should I use DHCP to assign IP addresses via
# the router or not? What about the IP addresses? How does the name server get
# recognized by the outside world? What should my rc.conf files look like? I'm
# currently reading through O' Reilly's book on DNS and BIND, but I'd like
# some interactive feedback as well. Thanks in advance!

For the DNS server to be accessible to the public Internet, you need to
first open port tcp/53 on your router to the DNS server on the private
side.

If you want to or have a registered domain, just setup the registration
at InterNIC (or whomever you register the domain with) to point to the
public IP Address of the DNS server.

-- 

Linh Pham
[lplist@closedsrc.org]

# Every solution breeds new problems


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