Where? in small home network should Caching DNS Serve be located?

[dsavage at peaknet.net]

On Monday March 15, 2004 Johnny Smith <opensource_powered at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering if I should set up a Caching DNS Server
> for my home network?
>
> And on which machine/s? should I have one?
>
> The attached text file shows my network layout.
>
> Thanks for your guidance.

Johnny,

Assuming your gateway [GW] is a (non-embedded) Linux box, I think that
would be your first choice. A caching nameservice is usually a very tiny
service on a home network, so system load should not be much of a worry no
matter where you host it.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL