Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:18:31 +0100 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: jdroflet@canada.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I run my own Dynamic DNS server for private use ?? Message-ID: <3E65B2D7.6070603@ant.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20030304212550.22887.h009.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> References: <20030304212550.22887.h009.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net>
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jdroflet@canada.com wrote: > I have a static IP and a number of remotes with Cable or ADSL access. > Remotes have FreeBSD, or router firewalls ala Linksys, Netgears. > > To make support/access easier can I set up my own Dynamic DNS server on > the static address and have those remotes register their IP's with it > when they change ? > Thanks in Advance -Jay. Sure, why not. I don't have experience with *dynamic* DNS but i do operate a *private* DNS server in our department. You have to put your DNS server's IP into your clients' /etc/resolv.conf and setup your DNS server to forward requests that it can't hande itself to yur ISP's DNS server. HTH Heinrich -- Heinrich Rebehn University of Bremen Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Department of Telecommunications - E-mail: mailto:rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de Phone : +49/421/218-4664 Fax : -3341 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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