[CoLoCo] Home network and DNS

[Michael Robbert]

Ken,
You need to run a DNS server that you can control somewhere. I have no idea
if your router can run one or if it is controllable by you. I think that
most basic routers just either forward DNS requests if they answer them at
all. You'll probably need to run one on a Linux box on your network and
configure it with all of your static IPs as well as the ability to forward
external requests to the outside world. BIND is the most popular DNS server,
but there are others. Unfortunately I don't know of any that are real easy
to configure. It'll take a real time investment to learn how to use it. As
far as forwarding external requests you can use your router if that works or
figure out the DNS servers for your ISP, but I'd recommend pointing to
OpenDNS. http://www.opendns.org
I'm not sure how much help that is, but hopefully I've pointed you in a
direction that you can investigate.

Mike Robbert

On 11/3/07, Kenneth D Weinert <kenw at quarter-flash.com> wrote:
>
> OK, I got my "static" internal IP sorted, but now I have another
> question.
>
> I have a Linksys BEFSR41v4 router (which is working fine) but I wonder
> if there is a way to have a local DNS for the DHCP clients on the
> network.
>
> I tried adding
>
> nameserver 192.168.1.1
>
> to /etc/resolv.conf and restarting /etc/init.d/networking but that
> doesn't appear to have actually done anything.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> I could, of course, just assign "static" IPs to all the internal
> machines which might be the best way to do it, but I'm still curious
> about this aspect of a home network.
>
> Thanks for any hints/advice.
>
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