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here's one suggestion as to DNS...i'm not sure what you want exactly though, so here's a general layout:
DNS SERVER1 DNS2
| |
----+----------------------+-- FIREWALL
--------------------------------
| | |
| | +----+ | | | INTERNAL DNS
+-----+----+ |
| | | |
PC PC PC PC
so this is a realy simplified diagram,
my point is that you can
1. setup your external dns (1 or two of them) visible from the internet..this will serve your domain as well
2. your internal LAN can query these DNS directly or they can talk to a local DNS server and that DNS can forward requests to your outside DNS (Or to the internet).
Setup local host names also. for example pc1.i.domain.com pc2.i.domain.com, etc... setup your pc's so that their search domain would be i.domain.com first, then domain.com then the internet. point each of this clients to your DNS server (heck put them on the DHCP table that you hand out to the clients).
Map out a reverse mapping also for the local hosts so you wont have a problem for services that almost hang without reverse maps (telnet, ftp and such)..fill up the IN-ADDR.ARPA properly for local DNS.
dont know yet what to suggest, without knowing yur setup..
take this advice with a lot of grain of salt,
my only experience is with a home network
(about 5-10 hosts).
Well, Jondz, thanks alot for the ideas. At least for DNS setup I can have this as a good guide.
I appreciate it! I'll wait for other ideas with regards to other services...
-Jun
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