From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 15 23:15: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lcmail2.lc.ca.gov (lcmail2.lc.ca.gov [165.107.12.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B979837B424 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by lcmail2.lc.ca.gov (PMDF V5.2-27 #40821) id <0G0Y00O01UO1RZ@lcmail2.lc.ca.gov> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:14:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov ([165.107.11.191]) by lcmail2.lc.ca.gov (PMDF V5.2-27 #40821) with ESMTP id <0G0Y00P2MUO02B@lcmail2.lc.ca.gov> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:14:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:14:54 -0700 Content-return: allowed Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:14:52 -0700 From: "Tomlinson, Drew" Subject: Help With named.conf To: "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" Message-id: <8C224DC088D8D111B67D0000F67AC17E029C4C92@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE; BOUNDARY="Boundary_(ID_fgL3BfyaCKsAa/kxF2yvAw)" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_fgL3BfyaCKsAa/kxF2yvAw) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm a newbie to both FreeBSD and Unix but I'm learning. In just over a month, I've succeeded in installing 4.0-S, learning to use CVSup to synch my source, recompiled my kernel and upgraded to 4.1-S, and gotten Apache running. My next endeavor is to set up named (DNS). All I want to do is include entries for the 3 nodes on my network so they can be resolved and then forward any other requests to my ISP for resolution. I know only a little about DNS and found the "man named.conf" page over my head. Can anyone either point me to a URL that may assist me or post a named.conf example for what I want to do? However, there is (possibly) a catch. My home network is as follows: ISP | | MODEM | | Ethernet WINDOWS 2K <-----------------> FreeBSD BOX SERVER 192.168.0.5 192.168.0.254 BTW, I plan to make my FreeBSD machine my firewall/router once I understand what I'm doing. Anyway, I dial up to different ISPs so the DNS server changes with each dial-up. Thanks for your help! Drew --Boundary_(ID_fgL3BfyaCKsAa/kxF2yvAw) Content-type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Help With named.conf

I'm a newbie to both FreeBSD and Unix but I'm = learning.  In just over a month, I've succeeded in installing = 4.0-S, learning to use CVSup to synch my source, recompiled my kernel = and upgraded to 4.1-S, and gotten Apache running.

My next endeavor is to set up named (DNS). All I want = to do is include entries for the 3 nodes on my network so they can be = resolved and then forward any other requests to my ISP for resolution. = I know only a little about DNS and found the "man named.conf" = page over my head. Can anyone either point me to a URL that may assist = me or post a named.conf example for what I want to do?

However, there is (possibly) a catch.  My home = network is as follows:

   ISP
    |
    |
  MODEM
    |
    = |           = Ethernet
WINDOWS 2K <-----------------> FreeBSD = BOX
  = SERVER           =             = 192.168.0.5
192.168.0.254

BTW, I plan to make my FreeBSD machine my = firewall/router once I understand what I'm doing.  Anyway, I dial = up to different ISPs so the DNS server changes with each = dial-up.

Thanks for your help!

Drew

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