Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:23:31 -0400 From: Alan Curtis <alan.curtis@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS setup Message-ID: <EFDFAAFE-756D-47F3-BD9B-87FA335FFE48@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050703125754.53452296@phobos.mars.bsd> References: <28EDBC57-9AE6-4D8B-9BA5-F8445C71600F@gmail.com> <20050703125754.53452296@phobos.mars.bsd>
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On Jul 3, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Alejandro Pulver wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:07:41 -0400 > Alan Curtis <alan.curtis@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I am running FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE behind a Linksys Wireless Access >> Point and Firewall and a DSL modem. My ISP assigns me a dynamic IP >> address which changes on a regular basis and the root domain and >> Domain Name Servers associated with that domain also change. I have >> seen at least 3 different root domains. >> >> I have a number of machines on my wireless network and I would like >> them to be able to find one another. To do this I have assigned them >> fixed IP addresses. >> >> My problem how to assign the Domain Name Servers for all the >> machines. I point them all at the Linksys, which seems to work most >> of the time, but occasionally network traffic gets really slow and I >> suspect that its a DNS problem. >> >> Can I set up something on my FreeBSD server to help solve this >> problem? >> >> Alan >> >> > > Hello, > > If you think the problem is on your ISP DNS servers, you have two > alternatives: > > 1) Set up a local DNS server on all the machines of the network. > > 2) Set up a DNS server on one machine, that answers queries to all the > machines of the network. > > If you want more detailed information about them (like how to set them > up), ask me. > I do need some clear instructions. I tried djbdns without success (see another post) and also the instructions under 'Domain Name System (DNS)' in the FreeBSD Handbook. I added named_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Used the default configuration file without any zone (as suggested in the Handbook). There is no 'ndc' on my machine. I assume I must use 'rndc' instead. Ran 'rndc start' and was told rndc: connect failed: connection refused Saw nothing in /var/log/messages or /var/log/console.log Alan
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