Re: Running BIND for home network name resolution

>>     I've been there man. managing a bunch of hosts files is waaaaaay
>>     too much work. I tried the BIND for local networks but could never
>>     quite get it to work right.

>>     On Aug 11, 2010, at 9:03 PM, Eric Cope wrote:

>>>     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@shubes.net
>>>     <mailto:ejs@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/> <http://dyndns.org
>>>             <http://dyndns.org/>>.

>>>             I want to be able to assign names like

>>>             macbook.<mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org/>
>>>             <http://dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org/>> for my macbook
>>>             crappy.<mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org/>
>>>             <http://dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org/>> for my windows
>>>             machine
>>>             e-server.<mynet>.dyndns.org <http://dyndns.org/>
>>>             <http://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 <http://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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