[TriLUG] DNS/DHCP Server revisited

Clay Stuckey claystuckey at gmail.com
Fri Jan 15 17:47:12 EST 2010


Not sure if this is what you want bug I would be happy to come over  
and help you set up the "big boy toys" and show you how they work.

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On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Aaron Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:

> Thanks for posting that link, John.  I saw this thread this morning
> and made a mental note to come back and comment, but you've mostly
> saved me the trouble.  The last time Roy brought this topic up I put a
> good bit of effort into scratching the surface of documenting what is
> necessary to do this with "the big boy tools", ie. ISC's BIND and
> DHCPD.  Hitting that link, and read the associated thread should be
> informative.
>
> I'll be the first one to agree that there can be a steep learning
> curve with these tools (I haven't ever used dnsmasq, so I can't
> directly compare to that), but I can directly attribute my livelihood
> these days to the chain of events started by taking the time to learn
> those tools, and learn them well, many years ago.  The nice thing
> about learning ISC's BIND (and to a lesser extent their DHCPD) is that
> because of the way they work, if you make a point to learn what each
> of the bits going into the config files are for, you end up with a
> pretty good understanding of how the protocols work over the wire, and
> at least one part of the glue that holds the Internet together starts
> to make a lot more sense.  :)
>
> Aaron S. Joyner
>
> PS - Yes, I know that I'm unusual in that I find how the plumbing of
> the Internet works to be fascinating, and like to do the digital
> equivalent of digging up the water main to my house to replace it w/ a
> copper one not because it'll work any better, but because sweating the
> joints on a large copper pipe is fun.  If that's not you, please stick
> w/ dnsmasq.  :)
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM, John Broome <jbroome at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 08:38, Roy Vestal <rvestal at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Suggestions on what to read/where to start? I plan to use CentOS  
>>> 5.3 on the
>>> new server.
>>
>> Guess it's time to 'cheat':
>> http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20080915/056076.html
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