Re: Is my DNS setup "logical"?

["A.Sajjad Zaidi" <sajjad@example.com>]

There is nothing wrong with this.  Actually it would make things faster since
DNS queries to the outside will be cached by the server and internal reverse
lookups will be dealt with.

A Pentium 300 is more than enough for a mid-sized office LAN.

After it is setup, make all local machines use this server as the Primary DNS
and configure the server to first query itself and then outside.

asz


Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:

> First off, thanks for bearing with me while I suffer through my DNS setup.
>
> I'm still very mystified by DNS so I thought I'd ask if my logic for settign
> up a DNS server and how I'm going about it is sensible or if I've missed the
> point of DNS.
>
> We have a LAN that uses private IP addresses and is connected to our ISP by
> a firewall. (I'm assuming it does some sort of NATing since we have access
> to the Net).
>
> Basically I want to be able to address machines in our LAN by name instead
> of IP. So I tought I set up a local DNS server that would answer for queries
> on the LAN for names on the LAN and pass everything else on.
>
> This might sound like a basic question, but is this the right way to go? Can
> I simply just pass requests on to the name servers we currently use and just
> forget about what happens next. Or will my local DNS server be taxed by
> replies from the requests in passes on? (I ask this since the local machine
> is an old Pentium 300 and I don't know if it can handle being a full-fledge
> DNS server on top of a Samba and http server.)
>
> Thanks for the opininons!
>
> Jc
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