Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:12:02 -0400 From: Alan Curtis <alan.curtis@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS setup Message-ID: <B0AB0AD3-41ED-4C56-8E4C-1F4757466367@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050703201741.GA2852@asterix.bsdserved.de> References: <28EDBC57-9AE6-4D8B-9BA5-F8445C71600F@gmail.com> <20050703201741.GA2852@asterix.bsdserved.de>
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On Jul 3, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Leon Messner wrote: > On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 11:07:41AM -0400, Alan Curtis wrote: > >> I am running FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE behind a Linksys Wireless Access >> Point and Firewall and a DSL modem. My ISP assigns me a dynamic IP >> address which changes on a regular basis and the root domain and >> Domain Name Servers associated with that domain also change. I have >> seen at least 3 different root domains. >> >> I have a number of machines on my wireless network and I would like >> them to be able to find one another. To do this I have assigned them >> fixed IP addresses. >> >> My problem how to assign the Domain Name Servers for all the >> machines. I point them all at the Linksys, which seems to work most >> of the time, but occasionally network traffic gets really slow and I >> suspect that its a DNS problem. >> >> Can I set up something on my FreeBSD server to help solve this >> problem? >> >> Alan >> > > Hi, > if you're looking for a application serving you DNS look at > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html for HowTo's and software. I use it for a > similar setup as you have and also you can win $500 if you find the > first security hole in the latest releases. > I tried following the instructions at http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run- cache-x.html. Got as far as > 5. As root, tell svscan about the new service, and use svstat to > check that the service is up: > > ln -s /etc/dnscache /service > sleep 5 > svstat /service/dnscache and was told ... /service/dnscache: unable to chdir: file does not exist Alan
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