a little DNS help

[Len Conrad]

>I know that there are technical problems with this setup.

which are?

>  And although
>  this has always worked I want to make it right this next time around.
>
>1. What are the steps to creating a new DNS host?

what's a DNS host?  everything in DNS is a domain name.  do you want to 
create a sub-domain (node) under an existing domain.tld, eg, 
label.domain.tld, or a new domain.tld?

>2. Does it matter what I name the computer?

MS warns if the MS Networking machine name differs from tcp/ip host label. 
Heeding the warning is good practice.

>3. When I create the DNS host with a particular IP does the primary IP
>in the computer's NIC adapter need to be the one I register or can it
>be one of the IPs in the NICs Advanced section?

DNS only knows about IP addresses, not canonical IP or IP aliases.  So the 
question is really for the MS Networking.

MS's "register" term in DNS context is equivalent the BIND query op code 
"update".  Are you going to be running dynamic zones?

>4. If the DNS host is going to be named: dns.newdnshost.com what is
>the zone file configuration or is there one?

Your choice, BIND doesn't care what the zone file name is.  MS GUI uses 
domain.dns while I follow the convention in the DNS & BIND book, db.domain 
on the master, and, my own style, dbak.domain on the slave.

>5. Can I name the DNS host the same domain name as I use on the server
>as a Web site or is that  bad idea?

give an example.

Len


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