dns question
Tim
ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Tue Jun 6 06:31:35 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:04 -0700, Don Russell wrote:
> I now have one of my PCs using the FC5 box as it's DNS server.... I'll
> see how that goes, if I don't encounter any "weirdness" I'll change
> the rest of the PCs to also use it. (A simple change to my router dhcp
> server config)
I did this ages ago. I've not noticed any problems caused by it. I've
noticed quite few pre-existing problems solved by it (my ISPs have had
crap DNS servers, I don't have to faff around with hosts files on each
PC, local servers can work properly, etc.).
> I'm thinking now that if this is such a good way to go, why doesn't a
> server install do this by default?
Hmm, probably a good question. I've done it with clients, too. Even
standalone ones *can* benefit from using their own good DNS server
instead of their ISP's crap one (if it is).
Though it's not just a case of installing the thing and setting it
going, you'd also need to adjust networking settings so that going
on-line doesn't change the DNS servers that your system uses. I'm not
sure if that can be easily done from a GUI network setup.
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