Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Matthew Flaschen
Simon Slater wrote: Is there any overlap in the functions of NIS, bind and LDAP? Or are these mutually exclusive? I would be surprised if you needed either NIS or LDAP for a SOHO network. However, I would say NIS and LDAP are similar, but bind (i.e. DNS) serves a fundamentally different

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Slater
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 03:55 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote: Simon Slater wrote: Is there any overlap in the functions of NIS, bind and LDAP? Or are these mutually exclusive? I would be surprised if you needed either NIS or LDAP for a SOHO network. However, I would say NIS and LDAP

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Matthew Flaschen
Simon Slater wrote: Thanks Matt. I saw dnsmasq mentioned in one how-to but didn't chase it since I was focussing on DHCP and bind. DHCP is a protocol and bind is an implementation (of DNS, mainly). You're comparing apples to orchardists. Now there are half a dozen boxes, but will increase

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Slater
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 06:39 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote: Simon Slater wrote: Thanks Matt. I saw dnsmasq mentioned in one how-to but didn't chase it since I was focussing on DHCP and bind. DHCP is a protocol and bind is an implementation (of DNS, mainly). You're comparing apples to

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Simon Slater wrote: G'day all, I've been setting up a SOHO network, switching things over from a labour intensive /etc/hosts based system to a more automated setup. With much reading I think I can't see the wood for the trees any more. I have found a lot of

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Matthew Flaschen
Robert Moskowitz wrote: Otherwise, you need a local BIND server, use Webmin to maintain it. I am very experienced with BIND, and still use Webmin. Why exactly do you think he needs BIND? Matt Flaschen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Matthew Flaschen wrote: Depends how small, of course. But I would think a simple DNS/DHCP server like dnsmasq is reasonable for such a network. See http://www.linux.com/articles/149040 for a good start. Matt Flaschen I also use dnsmasq as well. One thing to keep in mind is that you

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Matthew Flaschen wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Otherwise, you need a local BIND server, use Webmin to maintain it. I am very experienced with BIND, and still use Webmin. Why exactly do you think he needs BIND? If he has internal servers that local hosts need access to. For

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Flaschen, Matthew S
If he has internal servers that local hosts need access to. For example. If he is running an Netbios server and the clients need to access shares on it. Right. He does not want the world to know about this NAS, Obviously. plus it probably has an RFC1918 address. I would definitely

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Flaschen, Matthew S wrote: If he has internal servers that local hosts need access to. For example. If he is running an Netbios server and the clients need to access shares on it. Right. He does not want the world to know about this NAS, Obviously. plus it

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Slater
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Flaschen, Matthew S wrote: If he has internal servers that local hosts need access to. At the moment one server offering limited services internally, nothing external. For example. If he is running an Netbios server and

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Simon Slater wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Flaschen, Matthew S wrote: If he has internal servers that local hosts need access to. At the moment one server offering limited services internally, nothing external. For

Re: Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Slater
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:57 -0500, Flaschen, Matthew S wrote: Now I've caught up on some sleep I can continue with a clearer head. The single server has 2 nics, one internal the other to the dsl router. For now internal name resolution and dhcp is the issue, but more internal services

Clarification on roles of networking components.

2009-03-03 Thread Simon Slater
G'day all, I've been setting up a SOHO network, switching things over from a labour intensive /etc/hosts based system to a more automated setup. With much reading I think I can't see the wood for the trees any more. I have found a lot of material on the individual