Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:44:40 -0400 From: "Andy Greenwood" <greenwood.andy@gmail.com> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Simple DNS For Private LAN Message-ID: <3ee9ca710606230844y2f4d2326kf3cf7f7d2b4ec9d5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <449C0711.3080803@mykitchentable.net> References: <449C0711.3080803@mykitchentable.net>
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If you're getting a static IP, then you can become master for your domain, but you'll still need a secondary NS, and most (if not all) registrars will require that the secondary NS be on a different IP. I prefer to have mine on a completely seperate Class A, but that's just personal. I'd leave ns3.zoneedit.com as the secondary NS. Both name servers will be master for the domain. Master just means that the name server won't try to look elsewherefor the info, IIRC, and you don't want these name servers to look elsewhere. Yes you can break a lot of stuff with wrong DNS, but it really isn't that complicated. Don't worry. As a side note, if you really are a DNS newb, here's some (hopefully funny) reading. I can take no credit for this, and I don't have the original link. http://agreenftp.no-ip.com/dns On 6/23/06, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote: > I'm having a hard time understanding what I need to do. I have a small > home network that uses a 3Com DSL modem/router as the last hop to the > Internet. Currently, the DSL modem/router to provides DNS for both my > home network and the Internet. Basically I have a few static entries > for machines on my home network and then the DSL modem/router queries my > ISPs name servers for everything else. > > When I registered my domain, I used ZoneEdit as my name servers. 'whois > mykitchentable.net' gives this output: > > domain: mykitchentable.net > owner-name: Drew Tomlinson > nserver: ns3.zoneedit.com 209.61.140.1 > nserver: ns4.zoneedit.com 216.98.150.236 > > Now I'm changing ISPs and the DSL modem/router will be removed. I am > going to use a FBSD 6.x box to be my router, firewall, and DNS server. > I read the handbook regarding DNS but remain confused. Should I be a > master for mykitchentable.net? I'm thinking not because ZoneEdit is the > master, correct? So should I be a slave? And if I'm a slave, will my > DNS get it's updates from ZoneEdit? Or should I become master for my > zone and make ZoneEdit a backup DNS? > > I'm a complete newbie to DNS but know that it's important to get it > right or lots of stuff gets broken. Can someone please guide me in the > right direction? I don't mind reading if you send me a link. :) > > Thanks, > > Drew > > -- > Be a Great Magician! > Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse > > http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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