From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 11 16:46:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA26310 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 16:46:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (smmcdialin.ultra.net.au [203.56.101.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA26298 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 16:46:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au) Received: (from bsd@localhost) by smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA00240; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 09:13:37 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 09:13:35 +1000 (EST) From: bsd account To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: HELP!...starting a DNS Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi foks, I've erad some FAQs & handbook but I can't see the steps I need to implement a DNS on this machine. Do I ... a) in RC.conf set 1) gateway = YES 2) then what ? b) I have the /etc/named directory on floppy from my old machine which an ISP set up with DNS / Routing Gateway enebled. Do I simply copy it to my new machine? It came from a 2.1.5 FBSD And This new one Im setting up is 2.2.2 Thanks...Keith spencer Townsville australia