Help setting up DNS

[Thor Kottelin]

BIND Users Mailing List wrote:

> From: Tim Matthews <tbmatthews at ucdavis.edu>

>  Can I
>  set up a DNS server on a single IP address??

Yes.

>  I want to do virtual hosting of a few sites but can't afford to pay the
> 
>  $10 / month / site fee, to have my ISP register them on their server.
> I
>  would like to set up my own server (just as much for the fun of doing
>  it), but don't know how to get started??

Check out <http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/docs/basic.txt> and the BIND
documentation.

>  If I set my box up as a DNS server, can I just go to Network Solutions
>  and point my domain to the IP address of my box??

Yes, but you'll need a second DNS server as well; one isn't enough.

Thor

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