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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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