On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Jan Carlson wrote:
> 3. Edit /etc/named.conf. Add the lines similar to:
> forward only;
> forwarders {
> 200.300.400.500; //your isp's pri nameserver
> 200.300.400.501; //your isp's sec nameserver
Right, I was looking at the old config file - thought that had been
cleaned up when I installed the updated packages. One thing that may not
be entirely clear from the description: these go inside the
options {
...stuff...
};
section of the config file.
> 4. Add lines to /etc/hosts for every machine on your local
> network, and for the local and remote IP numbers you give
> diald to use for SLIP. This keeps your nameserver from
> asking your ISP about them. Your phone will not dial quite as often.
The alternate approach is to make your nameserver authoritative for all
the local machines. That has the advantage of making one central table
supply nameservice for all names, both local and remote. Otherwise you
may have to put all machines into the hosts files on each machine, and
update each of them if you add another box. Whether this is worth the
trouble of dealing with the somewhat unfriendly syntax of the tables will
vary.
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