Bill Moseley, 2002-Nov-20 20:21 -0800: > At 08:41 PM 11/20/02 -0600, David Bell wrote: > >On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 17:57, Bill Moseley wrote: > >> 2) if the ppp-reported name server changes how do I update the "option > >> domain-name-servers" in my /etc/dhcpd.conf file automatically? > > > >I would recommend running a caching DNS server on this box, since it > >will be used to service a LAN. This way, the DNS server address for the > >LAN computers will not change. > > Would you recommend a caching only bind9 setup, or Dnsmasq? I've never > used Dnsmasq, but it seems like it's designed specifically for this. On > the other hand bind is nice since it doesn't have to depend on the ISPs > name servers (which I assume dnsmasq does.
I can vouch for dnsmasq. I just installed it based on this email. I have a cable-modem connected to eth0 and eth1 goes to a hub and several PC's that are NAT'd. I made one change to the /etc/init.d/dnsmasq script to make it listen only on eth1 upon startup. Quick and easy! The change was adding this line to the list of other variables: DNSMASQ_INTERFACE="eth1" Oh, and I changed my dhcp server to serve itself as the dnsserver. I've always used my ISP's DNS primarily, so that's no bother for me. dnsmasq feeds off of /etc/hosts so I can simply add hosts there and they will be served locally. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
