Re: DNS setup

From: Alan Curtis (alan.curtis_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/04/05

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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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