Day: November 10, 2012

Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Introduction to DNS 2.1 DNS Domains 2.2 BIND 2.3 DNS Clients 2.4 Authoritative DNS Servers 2.5 How DNS Servers Find Out Your Site Information 2.6 When To Use A DNS Caching Name Server 2.7 When To Use A Static DNS Server 2.8 When To Use A Dynamic DNS Server 2.9 How To Get Your Own Domain 2.10 Basic DNS Testing of DNS Resolution 2.10.1 The Host Command 2.10.2 The nslookup Command 2.11 Downloading and Installing the BIND Packages 2.12 Managing the BIND Server 2.13 The /etc/resolv.conf File 2.13.1 Table 18.1 Keywords In /etc/resolv.conf 3 Important […]

Contents 1. Setting up an Ethernet Interface 1. Using DHCP to automatically configure the interface 2. Configuring the interface manually 3. Setting the speed and duplex 4. Bringing up an interface without an IP address 2. Defining the (DNS) Nameservers 1. The resolv.conf configuration file 2. The resolvconf program 3. DNS configuration for network-manager 4. DHCP Client Configuration 3. Howto use vlan (dot1q, 802.1q, trunk) (Etch, Lenny) 1. Manual config 2. Caveats when using bridging and vlan 3. Network init script config 4. Howto create fault tolerant bonding with vlan (Etch) 1. Network config 2. bonding with active backup 3. […]

Submitter: Matthew Carpenter Color Conventions in this document: Configuration Files in this document have been color-coded to better ease in reading. Red Items you must change Blue Various Filenames and Paths Dark Green Comments and Record Description Dark Purple Optional Records How this document is organized: BASIC DNS THEORY GETTING DNS TO WORK (General) CACHING ONLY CONFIGURATION (and appropriate files) STANDARD CONFIGURATION (and appropriate files) FILES COMMON TO ALL CONFIGURATIONS "Above all else, know thyself" VERY BASIC (and loosely correct) THEORY If you don’t understand DNS I’ll cover it VERY briefly. If you need more information, see the man pages […]