DNS setup

[Alejandro Pulver]

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:07:41 -0400
Alan Curtis <alan.curtis at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE behind a Linksys Wireless Access  
> Point and Firewall and a DSL modem. My ISP assigns me a dynamic IP  
> address which changes on a regular basis and the root domain and  
> Domain Name Servers associated with that domain also change. I have  
> seen at least 3 different root domains.
> 
> I have a number of machines on my wireless network and I would like  
> them to be able to find one another. To do this I have assigned them  
> fixed IP addresses.
> 
> My problem how to assign the Domain Name Servers for all the  
> machines. I point them all at the Linksys, which seems to work most  
> of the time, but occasionally network traffic gets really slow and I  
> suspect that its a DNS problem.
> 
> Can I set up something on my FreeBSD server to help solve this
> problem?
> 
> Alan
> 

Hello,

If you think the problem is on your ISP DNS servers, you have two
alternatives:

1) Set up a local DNS server on all the machines of the network.

2) Set up a DNS server on one machine, that answers queries to all the
   machines of the network.

If you want more detailed information about them (like how to set them
up), ask me.

Best Regards,
Ale