By design dns servers will perform recursive queries through the root servers for all domains; unless you're hosting the zone then it considers itself authoritive. So you can set up a dns server for your network, or use a public one.
Teo On 1/4/06, Brian Bobowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I've tried searching through man pages and such, but I've got kind > of lost here. > > I have one machine that's acting as a gateway for my home PC, in > addition to running a few local servers. I know I shouldn't do that, but > the traffic is low and I just don't have room for more computers in my > room, anyway. > > At any rate... I think I've got the packet-forwarding aspect set up OK; > I compiled a kernel with the options I found in the docs on the matter. > > However, I don't know how to set up DNS. Specifically, I want to either > pass all DNS requests through the gateway, or have the gateway run a > local DNS that queries my ISP's DNS in turn. Can anyone point me to some > steps on how to set that up? > > A bit of user-friendly instruction on using ipfw would be nice, too; I > think I'd be able to figure it out in time, but if someone can spare a > few moments to point out where I can find instructions on e.g. passing > traffic on certain ports through to the other machine, handling others, > and blocking the rest, it'd be appreciated. It's specifically the > forwarding part that has me a bit mystified. > > Please reply off-list. > > TIA, > > -BB > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"