At 06:22 AM 7/8/02 -0700, Craig wrote: >Hi folks, >I notice in the network configuration file, the default entry for DNS0 >is the loopback address of 127.0.0.0. Right below that is another (but >commented out) DNS0 and DNS1. I see it says that those are where you'd >put your primary and secondary DNS settings. My questions is: Should I >comment out the FIRST DNS0 (is it O.K. for two entries to be labeled >DNS0?), and just use the other two, or should I leave the default first >entry as DNS0, and then label my Primary DNS server as DNS1 and finally >my Secondary as DNS2??? Thank you.
The right answer to this question depends on how the router actually is doing DNS resolution. A. If it is running a DNS server (like tinydns or BIND), then it should have ONLY the entry for 127.0.0.1 as DNS0. B. If its resolver is supposed to use other hosts as DNS servers, then it should ONLY have entries for DNS0 and DNS1 (using each only once; they are environment variables, so a second use will replace the first, not supplement it)with the IP addresses of the DNS servers. BTW, this decision is separate from what your "Primary" and "secondary" DNS servers are. Those terms apply to authoritative DNS servers for a domain. The router only needs to know what to use as a resolver, not what is authoritative for your domain. They may be the same servers or they may be different -- it depends on the details of your setup. -- -----------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Oh, it's good to be a geek. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
