From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 04:06:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A8CB37B401 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 04:06:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3388344013 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 04:06:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from VirusGate.MEIway.com (virus-gate.meiway.com [212.73.210.91]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id AD9B9EF42C for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:06:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.meiway.com [127.0.0.1]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AF0F5D009 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:07:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE3F5D008 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:07:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tx0-go2france-c.Go2France.com [24.242.169.51] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A959C9C60064; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:30:33 +0200 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030626060335.05b96eb0@mail.go2france.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.go2france.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:06:32 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad In-Reply-To: <00c101c3353c$4ecbe100$0100a8c0@ibacsoft.dynu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: Two DNS servers with one IP address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:06:45 -0000 >Is it possible to have two DNS servers with only one public IP address? no. when you run the first instance, it will listen on port 53. When you run the second instance, it will fail, because port 53 is occupied. >I have a FreeBSD gateway connected to the Internet with a DSL modem, using >natd to connect the other PCs on my LAN, and was wondering if I could have >two DNS servers to register domain names. You an play administrative games, depending on the registrar, by registering two hosts at the same IP, but two won't run on the same IP. Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: Seattle; Chicago; San Jose; Wash DC IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free