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On Aug 19, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Depo Catcher wrote:
> While we're at it, any alternatives to bind?  We have a slow  
> internet so like to cache things locally.
> Other than local lookup and caching, nothing else is needed.

I like dnsmasq.  It's easy to set up and is specifically designed for  
doing caching and local lookup for NATed LANs.  It can optionally  
serve as a DHCP server as well, but doesn't have to.