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by old-flyer

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I am trying to set up the DNS service that comes with the Turbolinux. The hand book that came with it is not real clear. If I have the NIC card on the machine config as follows what IP can I assign the name server?

NIC IP:192.168.1.102. As I understand it the numbers of the first three decimals represent the network id in a class C net. The last number of the dotted notation represents the host IP. Can you config the name server to an address that is not associated with a NIC card MAC address? I would like to provide DNS service to My home LAN that is private. Mainly trying to learn how it works. I know you can use the host look file on a small net.

Ron

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by eugen prokopiev

Hmm... Setting up DNS server is a little complicated, so I can't give you step-by-step instructions here.

I recommend you to read DNS-HOWTO where you'll find theoretical basics and practical examples.

Eugen

by mckaytech

You want to assign the name server IP to a real IP address on your network. Keep in mind that you can assign multiple IP addresses to a NIC so if you wanted to have a separate IP address for the DNS services, you could do so.

Setting up DNS really isn't that hairy, in my opinion, but the syntax of the configuration files is sensitive. But basically, your SOA record will point to your DNS server and then each host on the network will have an A record. Once those are working, then you can worry about things like canonical names and MX records.

paul

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