Re: Personal DNS server for natted home network

From: Henri Hennebert (hlh_at_cocoon.cercle.be)
Date: 11/11/03 

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:01:24 +0100

RayzrShrp wrote:
> I have successfully configured my dns server on my freebsd box which
> has an ip address of 192.168.0.3
>
> my network layout is as follows:
>
> netgear router/firewall:
> dynamic external ip address
> static internal ip: 192.168.0.1
> slackware box: 192.168.0.2
> freebsd box: 192.168.0.3
> win2k box: 192.168.0.4
> win2k box: 192.168.0.5
>
> now my external ip address hardly changes but when it does my domain
> name (which is registered) airea420.com points to dyndns.org for
> dynamic nameservices and my router automagicly updates the records
> dyndns has when my external ip changes.
>
> From my bsd box (192.168.0.3) I can ping scott.airea420.com and it
> will resolve along with all my other hostnames. My question is would
> it seem logical to setup my dns server on 192.168.0.3 to also be a
> caching nameserver which will forward requests to my isp if the local
if you define
         zone "." {
                 type hint;
                 file "named.root";
         };

your server will answer any request without problem if nated in your router.
I don't see a real gain in forwarding request to another DNS.

Henri

> did not have the hostname. In the end I would like to set both my
> win2k box's dns server to 192.168.0.3 and have that dns server resolve
> my local hosts and also resolve hosts outside my network. Is this
> possible? I can copy my named.conf and airea420.conf.db file upon
> request but for the sake of bandwidth I will omit it for now. Is this
> am advanced configuration or is this setup pretty common for people
> with small home networks, cable modems and unix/linux boxs?
>
> thanks for your time

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