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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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