Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 01:01:25 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dsl server Message-ID: <20011206000125.GA19831@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011205175343.A5984@northernbrewer.com> References: <4.2.2.20011205182137.00b646e0@popd.betan.net> <20011205175343.A5984@northernbrewer.com>
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 05:53:45PM -0600, Christopher Farley wrote: > Walter Betancourt (walt@betan.com) wrote: > > > Any kind person, > > > > given; > > > > I have dsl w/8port router, > > 1 win98 and 1 freebsd connected to router > > isp dsl static address 21x.182.01.01 > > router address 192.168.1.1 > > freebsd local address 192.168.1.3 > > router configured to pass freebsd 192.168.1.3 ports ..www, telnet, ftp, > > smtp, > > freebsd registered domain ... xyz.domain.com > > > > I have conflicting advice for setup, > > > > One says must use private and public dns setup, ( wha ? ) > > In order for the outside world to access your xyz.domain.com address, > you will certainly need some kind of publicly accessible DNS. This can > be provided by your ISP, your domain registrar, or you can host it > yourself (probably the least reliable option). > > Having an internal, private DNS server for a two-computer network may be > overkill. Setting up a public and private DNS server on the same > computer can be tricky. Personally, in my two-computer home network I just > use IP addresses. > What you can do is have a local DNS cacheing server and specify your ISP's (or whoever's) DNS as "forwarders" in the DNS configuration. This is quite neat, your local DNS will build up it's cache making your regular DNS lookups quicker, and if it cannot answer them it will forward the request to the external server(s). Hosting it yourself is not a good idea, and you will need a secondary DNS anyway. Way OTT for what you are doing. (OTT = over the top) -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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