On 12/27/2010 05:09 PM, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
On 12/27/2010 4:40 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Have a look at dnsmasq:
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
It's in the repos too.
Regards, Lew
Thanks Lew for this pointer... I like the idea of DHCP being integrated with DNS but given the complexity I have already faced getting DHCP to work properly in our environment, for example to assign static addresses to systems with dual boot OS's using the same MAC addresses, not sure I want to try and tackle a whole new tool set. I will keep it in mind as a possible alternative...
From my research, I need to run split DNS servers so that domain names that are known externally, from the internet, can also be used internally. It appears I either have a choice of running two (split) DNS servers, or find a router that will do inside to inside NAT/PAT. Not an easy task as none of the router manufacturers advertise such capability and so far I have had no luck getting answers to questions I sent some of em... So am looking at split DNS servers instead...
Hi Mark, You should really take a quick look at dnsmasq. I've used it for networks that sound similar to your situation, and serving static and dynamic DHCP-assigned IP's is trivially easy. All is configured from one file in /etc. I've used it in a production environment with maybe 100-hosts on an inside, non-IP-forwarded subnet, and in small natted subnets similar to a home cable-modem networks. It just works. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org