Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:32 -1000 From: "Gary Dunn" <osp@aloha.com> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does NAT require DNS (named)? Message-ID: <201004090034.o390Y0on016839@leka.aloha.com>
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 17:05:12 -0400 mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> wrote: > On Apr 8, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Gary Dunn wrote: > >> Continuing the saga of building a wireless access point, what is the >> best way to provide DNS service to the dowstream network? Seems like >> all I need is a simple pass-through. For that named seems like >> overkill. Anyone have an /etc/named/named.conf that does that? > > > Depends on how your internal LAN is configured. Generally if there are > no internal servers then you can forgo deploying a DNS server. Simply > setup your firewall IPFW or pf or whatever you are using to allow > clients to go out to the net and look names up. You will likely need a > dhcp server though so that your wireless clients can auto-discover the > appropriate network settings, but you can elect to do that manually as > well if it's your > desire. I failed to mention that the same FreeBSD box will provide file and printer = services via Samba, all clients will be Windows Vista, and there will bo no = other servers on the downstream network. I cannot rely on clients editing = their LMHOSTS files ... I need plug and play. Do I need a DNS server on the = downstream network for Windows clients to connect to Samba? -- Gary Dunn, Honolulu osp@aloha.com http://openslate.net/ http://e9erust.blogspot.com/ Sent from a Newton 2100 via Mail V
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