wow, I'd like to thank everyone who keeps sending me replies to my dns questions. Every last one has been of some help and I will be using all the reference material and links sent me when I begin the work. My intent had been to use my small 3 PC network as a test victim for the real thing: a 30 PC network which I am responsible for. Thanks again for the continued help, --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimi Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:52 PM Subject: Re: dns server
> You're much better off not getting into the complexity of DNS for 3 clients. > You're talking about having to set up the start of authority, forward and > reverse zones, etc. I'll refer you to the bind website for the information. > Better yet, just go to your local book store and look at the BIND book by > O'Reilly. DNS is rather a pain in the behind and not a task worth tackling > for 3 workstations. You can manage that simply from the host file. No DNS > needed. > > HTH, > > Jimi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.questions > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:04 PM > Subject: dns server > > > > curious: > > what advantage is there in building my own dns server over just setting > > static IP's for my internal network? do the advantages really only exist > for > > larger networks (my internal home network consists of only 3 computers > other > > than the gateway)? > > --charlie pelletier > > --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
