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mike,
checkout dhis.org...
allows you to use your freebsd machine a little better

phil

Quoting \"Cambria, Mike\" <mcambria@lucent.com>:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Do any cheat sheets, HOW-TO\'s, tutorials etc. exist on setting up
> _unregistered_ domain name for a FreeBSD based network?
> 
> I access the Internet via my cable modem connected to FreeBSD 3.1 using
> DHCP
> client.  This system runs ipfw & natd to allow other systems on the LAN as
> well as dial-in pppd to get to the network.  My network uses unregistered
> IP
> addresses internally.
> 
> I want to be able to start using names internally as well.  I do not want
> to
> register a domain name.  (I\'ve considered it but 1) I don\'t believe my
> cable
> monopoly will let me do this, 2) Regardless, I don\'t want to wait until the
> registration completes to start setting this up.) 
> 
> Setting up a primary DNS server for my domain (referring all other domains
> to the ISP name server) seems straight forward.  However, I\'m sure there
> are
> things I need to watch out for, consider etc. that I am not aware of. 
> 
> Thanks,
> MikeC
> 
> 
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