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Date:      Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:37:53 -0700
From:      Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: dns server
Message-ID:  <59ADEC76-C793-11D6-9F0B-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net>
In-Reply-To: <001401c25b9a$eeb27840$32040101@hume>

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On Friday, Sep 13, 2002, at 20:00 US/Pacific, Charles Pelletier wrote:

> 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)

The two have very little to do with each other.  A DNS server is used 
to publish address names and their associated numeric IP addresses.  
Setting static IP's is one way of assigning a numeric IP address to a 
particular computer (the other common method is via DHCP, though there 
are alternate methods).

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

KeS


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