caching name server in Bind 9 behind Linksys gateway.

[Mark Damrose]

BIND is by default a caching name server - unless you add recursion no;
allow-recursion { ip list;}; or allow-query { ip list;}; to restrict it.

What problems are you having?  Without only minimal information about your
setup, I can only make wild guesses - here are 2:

Are you running the kernel level firewall on linux and don't have tcp/udp
ports 53 open?
Did you configure the clients correctly to query this server?

"Zeitgeist" <zeitgeistz at home.com> wrote in message
news:a15u5t$25c at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> Dear Kevin,
>
> The questions I had about the caching name server was how to set one
> up in bind 9.
> I could not find a guide that could tell me how to set one up that
> would use examples with their /etc/HOSTNAME and other files which is
> basically very indept.
>
> Is their such a guide?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message
> news:a15rqj$206 at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> >
> > The Linksys does NAT so I wouldn't expect the private addressing to
> be a
> > problem, nor should the firewall capability of the Linksys, since by
> > default it allows all outbound connections (and presumably also
> outbound
> > UDP packets).
> >
> > Basically, a caching server just needs a "hints" file populated with
> the
> > Internet root servers, and, optionally, a master file to contain the
> > 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa PTR record. That should be about it.
> >
> > If you think the Linksys is the problem, you could try configuring
> the
> > laptop as a caching server and then either bypass the Linksys
> physically
> > (by connecting directly to your broadband device) or try using the
> > "DMZ" functionality of the Linksys to effectively externalize that
> one
> > node.
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > P.S. You appear to have mistyped 192.168.1.3 as 198.126.1.3 multiple
> > times in your message. I don't suppose you made that same error in
> any of
> > your configuration files, did you?
> >
> > Zeitgeist wrote:
> >
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > I recently installed Bine 9 on my Linux Laptop. It is behind a
> LinkSys
> > > 4-port Broadband Router.
> > >
> > > I would like to set-up a caching name server for the computers
> behind
> > > the router. I have tried unsuccesful for over 6 hours now to get
> this
> > > set-up, so I decided to post here.
> > >
> > > If anyone could tell me how I can approach this I would be
> greatful.
> > > Here is a bit of information about my current set-up.
> > >
> > > Linux Kernel 2.5.17 behind the LinkSys router configured with a
> static
> > > IP of 198.126.1.3.
> > >
> > > The contents of /etc/HOSTNAME are:
> > >
> > > narusegawa
> > >
> > > The contents of /etc/hosts are:
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1        localhost
> > > 192.168.1.3    narusegawa
> > >
> > > I want to set the caching nameserver on this laptop (198.126.1.3)
> but
> > > allow other users behind the router to access it as well.
> > > I do not have a named.conf anymore or anything of the like as I
> have
> > > been unsuccessful in any attempt to set this up.
> > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>