[TriLUG] DNS/DHCP Server revisited

[Clay Stuckey]

Sorry! Didn't mean to imply that. The offer was directed at Roy.

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On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:58 PM, John Broome <jbroome at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just about 99.8% sure that Aaron knows how to use the big toys;  
> at least google seems to think so. :)
>
> On Jan 15, 2010, at 17:47, Clay Stuckey <claystuckey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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