From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 18 17:56: 7 2002 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 598AA37B401 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D218043E42 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:56:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fozekizer@attbi.com) Received: from hume ([12.239.154.32]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020919005604.NZV21527.sccrmhc02.attbi.com@hume>; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:56:04 +0000 Message-ID: <003f01c25f76$e06cedd0$32040101@hume> From: "Charles Pelletier" To: "Jimi Thompson" , References: <001401c25b9a$eeb27840$32040101_hume@ns.sol.net> <031e01c25f87$a155be90$c1f23c04@swift> Subject: Re: dns server Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:52:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG wow, I'd like to thank everyone who keeps sending me replies to my dns questions. Every last one has been of some help and I will be using all the reference material and links sent me when I begin the work. My intent had been to use my small 3 PC network as a test victim for the real thing: a 30 PC network which I am responsible for. Thanks again for the continued help, --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimi Thompson" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:52 PM Subject: Re: dns server > You're much better off not getting into the complexity of DNS for 3 clients. > You're talking about having to set up the start of authority, forward and > reverse zones, etc. I'll refer you to the bind website for the information. > Better yet, just go to your local book store and look at the BIND book by > O'Reilly. DNS is rather a pain in the behind and not a task worth tackling > for 3 workstations. You can manage that simply from the host file. No DNS > needed. > > HTH, > > Jimi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.questions > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:04 PM > Subject: dns server > > > > curious: > > what advantage is there in building my own dns server over just setting > > static IP's for my internal network? do the advantages really only exist > for > > larger networks (my internal home network consists of only 3 computers > other > > than the gateway)? > > --charlie pelletier > > --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message