From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 10 21:14:11 2005 Return-Path: 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 B70E916A4CE for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:14:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay01.pair.com (relay01.pair.com [209.68.5.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1CFB943D3F for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:14:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryan@confabulator.net) Received: (qmail 62910 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2005 21:14:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.83?) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 10 Apr 2005 21:14:10 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.197.24.199 Message-ID: <42599875.2020802@confabulator.net> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:19:49 -0500 From: "Ryan J. Cavicchioni" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <42592D77.4080704@confabulator.net> <4259318A.2000704@mail.ru> <42596802.2010002@speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <42596802.2010002@speakeasy.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: BIND 9 on a dynamic ip address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:14:12 -0000 Thank you for the replies. Ash, can I use my dynamic dns hostname as the domain which actually points to my network? Would that still be trouble? Ash wrote: > Andrew P. wrote: > >> Ryan J. Cavicchioni wrote: >> >>> Hello, I am hoping to set up a DNS server for my home network >>> just for the sake of learning BIND. Unfortunately, I have a >>> PPPoE connects (wireless broadband) with a dynamic ip address. >>> At the moment, I use dyndns just so I have a hostname and I >>> would like to keep using dyndns. All I am looking to do is to >>> use bind for hosts in my network and have a local dns cache. I >>> do not plan on pointing any domains to my nameservers. Would >>> this be possible? Or will there be problems that I am not >>> foreseeing? I am really new at this, that is why I would like >>> to leard bind. >> >> >> >> >> If you have a stable LAN ip address, it's not a problem. >> Configure BIND to listen on it and the dynamic address you get to >> use internet won't bother anyone (even BIND itself). >> >> On the other hand, configuring a DNS server listening on a >> dynamic IP address is a really bad idea. >> >> BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual is a good place to start (I >> started there a few weeks ago). >> >> http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.1/Bv9ARM.html >> >> >> Best wishes, Andrew P. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To >> unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Adding to Andrew's comments. If you do not have a LAN interface, > you should be able to use a loopback (lo(4) interface to test > things with. You will^H^H^H^Hshould always have lo0 up and > listening to 127.0.0.1 (/8). You can bring up other instances of > lo(4) with ifconfig(8) and treat it as you would any other > interface. For example if you want to create lo1, you would type: > > # ifconfig lo1 create > > If you do have a local network, you can run bind without any > difficulties on just your local network without any problems. You > just want to be sure that you don't tell your servers that they are > authoritative for a real domain (e.g. freebsd.com) or else you > won't be able to resolve any host/sub-domain from freebsd.com. You > can safely pick a non-valid domain without expecting to run into > problems. An example would be my.lan (e.g. host1.my.lan > host2.my.lan). Since .lan is not a valid TLD (at least today), you > can expect to use it without running into any collisions. I believe > Cisco uses .lan as a fake "TLD" in some of their lower end > equipment (e.g. wireless APs/routers). > > Good luck! > > -Ash _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >