Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:08:20 -0400 From: dfolkins <dfolkins@comcast.net> To: Charles Pelletier <fozekizer@attbi.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dns server Message-ID: <007401c25ce2$dfb52470$0a00a8c0@groovy3xp> References: <001401c25b9a$eeb27840$32040101@hume>
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From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 11:00 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)? looks like what you are looking for is dhcp rather than dns. dhcp is for automatically assigning ip addresses to machines on a network (as opposed to statically setting them). dns is for translating a name (like yahoo.com) to an actual ip address (like 123.123.123.123). if dhcp really is what you are talking about, then yes, even for 3 computers i would recommend setting up dhcp on the internal interface of your gateway, for several reasons. one, its really easy. two, setting ip addresses manually is a pain. three, if you need to add some other computers, or decide to change the internal network address (e.g. for some reason you will want to use 192.168.1.255 instead of 192.168.0.255), its as easy as editing a dhcpd conf file, rather than having to go changing network settings for all of your machines. imagine you or your friend bringing a laptop and wanting to use the net - all you have to do is plug in and dhcp will take care of the settings. and besides, then you can say "i am running a dhcp server". :) if you are really talking about dns, then depending on your usage you may or may not want to do it. first, its more involved than dhcp. and second there is really no need if all the computers on the network are clients and not servers. -- dfolkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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