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BobOki
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 Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:35 pm Post subject: [WANTED] Which DNS and DHCP servers should I use? |
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So far people are saying DHCPd and TinyDNS, yet I don't see emerges for either of those! TinyDNS is done by the same guy that did qmail, you would think that would be on here.
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Luud
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Hi,
I just set this up.
I use DHCPD, which is called dhcp in the packages list. If you don't know how to find a package, simply try something like This should give you a clue.
Setting up dhcpd is simple, there is enough information in the forums here, or check out the dhcp howto at The Linux Documentation Project.
As nameserver I use named. Setting it up is less trivial than dhcp, but again there are several howtos which should help you get on the way. I haven't used TinyDNS, but I'm sure there will be an ebuild for it. Look in the online packae database or use the above described method for searching for ebuilds. ("emerge -s dns" should give you some hints.)
I can post my configuration files if need be. My setup has the DNS in caching mode and authorative for my local intranet. DHCPd is set up to give known machines always the same IP based on the MAC address of the network card. Unknown machines will get an IP address from a reserved pool.
Cheers
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øxygen
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I'm using PowerDNS.... well i love it. The MySQL Backend is a great invention  |
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throck
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:45 pm Post subject: TinyDNS |
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| TinyDNS is part of the djbdns package. If you emerge djbdns you get TinyDNS. |
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