> Brief Problem Desc: Registering domain with INTERNIC and providing
> primary and secondary DNS servers. My ISP is Mediaone. Mediaone DOES
> NOT let me use their Pri and Sec DNS
Unhelpful :)
> 1. MediaOne gives out DHCP addresses. I've been with mediaone for a
> year and I always get the same IP. Is it OK to setup my Pri DNS on a
> system with DHCP IP?
What you need to do is ask them "Why do I use DHCP?" this is because at St
Andrews uni were I am a student on the res ner there DHCP is used to make
life easier for the windows lusers who only have to choose "Obtain IP
automatically" and it works. I spoke to the head of student networking
back in the days when dhcp and linux was a big no no and asked him why
they used dhcp and was told this and that I could hard bind my ip if I
wanted as well as the ips were fixed. This year however this has changed
and I need to use dhcp but thats a different tale.
So yes you can but be aware that the ip could change at the discrection of
your ISP.
> 2. As far a the secondary goes, someone suggested me that I setup a
> bogus secondary. What does that mean? Which IP should I use? BTW, I'm
> also in the process of subscribing to DNS-SWAP mailing for sharing DNS
> servers. But I would like to know how you can give a bogus secondary.
I think that you give it a none routable ip or a DNS server that you know
has nothing todo with your domain or the same ip as the primary one.
> 3. It it "legal" to use your ISP supplied DHCP IP as your primary DNS
> while registering the domain with Internic?
An ip is not marked as "This ip is DHCP" so yes, but as I said above be
aware that it can change.
> 4. What is the worse case for a misconfigured Pri or Sec. DNS for for
> domain?
You take the internet down :)
> 5. Do I need DNS up and running on the Pri and Sec servers when I
> register my domain? In other words, can I just register first and then
> work on the DNS configuration provide I have the pri and sec. IPs?
Not sure, it could well be that internic checks them soon after you
register, you would have to ask them that.
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