Running BIND for home network name resolution

[Eric Cope]

I want to set up a small network of selenium-rc nodes for web testing. I'd
like one to be the selenium server, a couple testing nodes, and the test web
server.
I could do hosts files, but then if I grow the network, or change it, the
idea of managing all of the hosts files seems like a pain. I hoped DNS would
be a better solution AND it seemed like a great reason to learn how to setup
BIND.

Eric

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:

> Eric Cope wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I want to setup FQDNs for my home network.
>>
>
> Why? What do you intend to accomplish?
> (Too often people try implementing a solution for a problem they don't
> really understand.)
>
>  Does anyone have a good tutorial on setting up BIND for a Mac/Windows/*nix
>> environment? I was hoping to keep DHCP from my router (it supports static
>> DHCP - yes I know that's contradictory).
>> I have a dynDNS account, <mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org>.
>>
>>
>> I want to be able to assign names like
>>
>> macbook.<mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org> for my macbook
>> crappy.<mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org> for my windows machine
>> e-server.<mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org> for my freebsd server
>> ...
>>
>
> To be able to do this from the outside/wan, you simply need a client
> program that tells dyndns.org what your (router's if you have cable, or
>  DSL modem's if you use DSL) public IP address is, and when it changes. See
> http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/. That program (there are several
> from which to choose, some of which are already built-in to firewalls such
> as IPCop) can run on your router or any one of your computers behind it.
> There are several ways you can do this, none of which directly involve bind.
> DynDNS handles all the bind stuff for you on the public side.
>
> On the lan side of things, you can set up a private DNS server if you'd
> like, but for a handful of computers, it's often easier to just edit the
> hosts file on each machine.
>
>
>  My googling has come up short, mostly because my search terms are lame.
>> Anyone have any ideas? tips? tutorials? good search terms? I don't want to
>> rely on hosts files.
>>
>
> Again, why (not)?
>
> Personally, I use IPCop, which takes care of all of this (and much more)
> for me. IPCop is relatively simple, and very reliable.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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