RE: DNS setup question
If you set up your DNS server correctly with the IPs that you want, and tell it that it's the SOA record for animedia.com, then it'll point itself and any 'puters that point to it as primary DNS to the IP address, regardless of the root servers. It's a good way to test your DNS setup. You can also use interactive nslookup. If you just type nslookup without any arguments, you'll get a prompt: then you can say nameserver servername or IP and it'll lookup stuff through that nameserver. It's also a good way to debug stuff. Adding the nameserver is as simple as adding a line to your /etc/bind/named.conf and setting up the zone file for it. The BIND-HOWTO has answers on this one. Regards, Glen -Original Message- From: Alec Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 2:12 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: DNS setup question Right now I've got my Debian-based server acting as a DNS cache. I'm in the process of moving a domain from one hosting company to another, and I'd like to be able to test things as if this domain was pointed at the new server instead of the old. I'm not quite ready to update the domain records with InterNIC though. Is there some way I can make my local DNS server report back to me that amimedia.com is 209.68.1.210 instead of the old IP, but without having to change things for the rest of the world? I'm not a Bind whiz, so pointers are much appreciated. I don't want to drop the DNS cache since it speeds things up most of the time. Eventually I'd like to add DNS to another LAN I run, so I'd like to use this as a chance to start learning how to configure Bind as opposed to just adding another entry for DNS caching (to point at Pair Network's DNS for the new amimedia.com IP). Alec Smith
Re: DNS setup question
if i understand what your asking you should be able to nslookup server your new dns IP domain.com where domain.com is the domain you want to lookup. the DNS will tell you what it thinks the IP is. if it is configured right it will show what you expect. the server command tells nslookup to change it's default DNS to ask some other server info. nate On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Alec Smith wrote: alec Right now I've got my Debian-based server acting as a DNS cache. I'm in the alec process of moving a domain from one hosting company to another, and I'd alec like to be able to test things as if this domain was pointed at the new alec server instead of the old. I'm not quite ready to update the domain records alec with InterNIC though. alec alec alec Is there some way I can make my local DNS server report back to me that alec amimedia.com is 209.68.1.210 instead of the old IP, but without having to alec change things for the rest of the world? I'm not a Bind whiz, so pointers alec are much appreciated. alec alec I don't want to drop the DNS cache since it speeds things up most of the alec time. Eventually I'd like to add DNS to another LAN I run, so I'd like to alec use this as a chance to start learning how to configure Bind as opposed to alec just adding another entry for DNS caching (to point at Pair Network's DNS alec for the new amimedia.com IP). alec alec alec Alec Smith alec alec alec -- alec Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null alec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 11:43pm up 163 days, 11:51, 1 user, load average: 1.04, 1.19, 1.12
DNS setup question
Right now I've got my Debian-based server acting as a DNS cache. I'm in the process of moving a domain from one hosting company to another, and I'd like to be able to test things as if this domain was pointed at the new server instead of the old. I'm not quite ready to update the domain records with InterNIC though. Is there some way I can make my local DNS server report back to me that amimedia.com is 209.68.1.210 instead of the old IP, but without having to change things for the rest of the world? I'm not a Bind whiz, so pointers are much appreciated. I don't want to drop the DNS cache since it speeds things up most of the time. Eventually I'd like to add DNS to another LAN I run, so I'd like to use this as a chance to start learning how to configure Bind as opposed to just adding another entry for DNS caching (to point at Pair Network's DNS for the new amimedia.com IP). Alec Smith
