Heh! Like minds think alike :) On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:39 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> I would save myself the grief of running a DNS and set my resolv.conf to > 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 > See: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.**org/lfs/view/stable/chapter07/**network.html<http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter07/network.html> > ET > > Derek Trotter writes: > >> Since I signed up with my ISP I've had trouble with dns. Sometimes urls >> take a long time to resolve. Other times I get errors saying the url >> couldn't be found. Sometimes a page won't load properly because parts of >> it come from other urls and those don't resolve. Calls to tech support are >> a waste of time. So I want to host dns at home. >> On 10/3/2012 13:14, James Mcphee wrote: >> >>> No, this is somewhat arcane, but depending on what functions you want, >>> can be quite simple. DNS works by reference, so you don't load the world's >>> DNS onto your server. That server will still need valid external DNS >>> servers. >>> I prefer BIND, myself. I have friends that enjoy PowerDNS. What exact >>> uses are you trying to get out of it? >>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Trotter >>> <[email protected]<mailto: >>> expat.arizonan@gmail.**com <[email protected]>>> wrote: >>> I'm thinking of running dns at home on my linux box(kubuntu 8). I >>> don't want a caching server. Would this be difficult to set up? >>> Would this consume a lot of bandwidth? >>> Thanks >>> -- "One mistake up here and it's half a day out with the >>> undertaker!" >>> - Fred Dibnah >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>> [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>> >>> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.**plug.phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>> > >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James McPhee >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>> [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>> >> >> -- >> "One mistake up here and it's half a day out with the undertaker!" >> - Fred Dibnah >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >
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