Re: DNS, HTTPD & POP

[Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg guyana net gy>]

I know this may sound like I'm a masochist, but I'm trying to setup DNS since
I've never done this before.

I'm trying to learn how to do several aspects of networking.

I'd like to use DNS since it makes administration of a LAN easier for me when
resolving machine names, otherwise I'd have to be maintaining host files on
each machine.

regards,

Ahbaid.

"Anthony E. Greene" wrote:

> On 04-Apr-99 Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg guyana net gy>
> > To: redhat list <redhat-list redhat com>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 8:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: DNS, HTTPD & POP
> >
> >
> >> > > 1) I'm attempting to setup DNS on a small LAN with three PC's:
> >> > >     199.1.1.1 - NT Server box
> >> > >     199.1.1.2 - Linux
> >> > >     199.1.1.3 - Win 98 client
> >> > >
> >> > >      199.1.1.2 is the linux box, where DNS is hosted, my domain
> >> > >      name
> > is
> >> > >       abdelsoft.com,
> >> > >
> >
> > Did you make this up or did you register this with the internic?
> >
> >>From your following answers, it appears you made it up. (You didn't give
> >>me
> > a straight answer...)
> > You should REALLY change the IP numbers to one of the "reserved" series
> > of
> > IP's to avoid problems in the future...
> >
> > If you are not connected to the internet, you don't really need DNS
> > anyway.
> > If you will be connected to the internet (or if your Linux box will be)
> > you
> > must utilize reserved IP's.
>
> The reserved IP adresses are three classes of addresses set aside by the
> IETF in RFC1918 for use on private networks. The only ggod reason I can
> think of not to use these numbers is if the machine needs a direct,
> unmasked connection to the Internet. A mail server is a good example.
> Otherwise you should use reserved addresses for your network, whether it's
> never connected or has a part-time connection.
>
> The three classes of addresses are:
>
> 10.0.0.0    - 10.255.255.255
> 172.16.0.0  - 172.16.255.255
> 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
>
> As was repeatedly stated before, if you have a small network that is not
> connected to the Internet, then you would probably be better off using
> DNS. Hosts files are just as easy to maintain for small networks, and
> there's less network traffic from DNS queries.
>
> --
>  Anthony E. Greene <agreene pobox com>
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