Some help with BIND9 settings!

[Ben Duncan]

Actually, there is a better DNS server than Bind. It is also easier to
configure .. check out:

http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html


Richard Thompson wrote:
> I'm struggling with bind as well, but for what it's worth - check the IP
> in your allow transfer statement against the  IPs everywhere else.
> 
> - Richard
> 
> On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 00:48, Tasha Smith wrote:
> 
>>Hiii,
>>
>>Im trying to get my Bind Server to work. I followed the tutorial by
>>Doug Hunley from here :  http://www.linux-sxs.org/bind9.html   . Im a
>>newbie soo sorry if my questions seem kind of off :)   Here is what i
>>im trying to set it up on (Redhat 7.3-2.3.20, BIND-9.2.2rc1)
>>
>>I followed each step exactly and things went smoothly.  The only thing
>>i changed was in the "/etc/named.conf" file
>>
>>1> // whom do we allow to do zone tranfers
>>            allow-transfer { 192.168.1.0/24; }; # to my internal
>>interface ip addy(eth1) 
>>             # 192.168.0.1
>>
>>2> // tell Bind to check the names in zone files
>>   // since it no longer does this by default
>>            // (currently unimplemented)
>>            //check-names master warn; //<---commented this line out
>>
>>3>// specify what interfaces/ips to listen on
>>            // as the default is all of them
>>            listen-on { 192.168.1.10; 127.0.0.1; }; //<----changed to
>>my LAN interface 192.168.0.1
>>
>>4> And i changed the KEYS to the keys in the files  /etc/rndc.key and
>>/etc/rndc.conf to the keys that i have.
>>
>>And then i went to my windows machines and changed thier DNS addresses
>>to 192.168.0.1 <-----eth1 
>>
>>Here is my setup soo you have a better idea!
>>I have 1 LINUX machine acting as my "Firewall/ROUTER and DNS server"
>>and 2 windows machines behind it. I was using my ISP's DNS server for
>>the windows machines but now i want the linux machine totake care of
>>it.
>>
>>If anyone can help me from here on some steps to make sure everything
>>is working. Casue when i run NSLOOUP from my windows machine i get 
>>DNS request timed out.
>>    timeout was 2 seconds.
>>*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Timed out
>>*** Default servers are not available
>>Default Server:  UnKnown
>>Address:  192.168.0.1
>>And that is even after i trun my firewall off on my LINUX machine.
>>  
>>Thanks guys :)
>>
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