Kam Salisbury on 18 Jul 2004 12:29:03 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Setting up DNS on Fedora Core 2


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Lazin" <microlaser@gmail.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:38 AM
Subject: [PLUG] Setting up DNS on Fedora Core 2


> I am trying to set up a DNS server for my domain,
> lazinweb.homelinux.net, which I have from dynDNS.  I have a static IP
> address and two machines behind a firewall.  I opened up port 53 to
> allow DNS.  I used h2n to generate DNS data from my /etc/hosts file,
> and I started DNS.  I get the following errors when I use nslookup to
> try to get DNS info from my Macintosh.  Any help with this would be
> appreciated.
--snip

Michael, unless you "need" your gateway box to be an authoritative DNS
server, you can save yourself considerable headaches by using DNSMasq. It is
small, fast, and even supports DHCP for the small network. I use it for my
home network.
--
Kam Salisbury
http://kamsalisbury.com

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