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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:00:17 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Secondary DNS
Message-ID:  <3B331731.875ED01B@i-clue.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106211044200.31078-100000@heorot.1nova.com>

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Rick Hamell schrieb:
> 
>         What is the best way to setup secondary DNS? I have DSL w/ a
> static IP in my firewall/router. That machine is setup as the primary DNS
> server for my domain. Can I simply setup a 2nd machine inside the firewall
> to be my secondary? Or do I need a static IP for it also?

If you plan to connect to your secondary from your internal network
only, yes, the DNS should be put inside your net. The contrary is true
for making your DNS more reliable for the Internet -- to achive that,
the secondary should be put on the outside.

HTH
-Christoph Sold

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