Configure bind for private home network without top level domain

[Andreas Guther]

Sorry for the multiple postings.  I first did not realize that I need to 
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tried it again.  In addition my spam filter was putting the postmaster reply 
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I will post configuration and errors soon.

Andreas


Andreas Guther wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I am trying to figure out how to configure my named.conf and bind to look-up 
> local addresses without the need to have a domain registered.
> 
> I would like to define a local net that resolves all my local boxes at home.
> 
> My idea is to define a zone localdomain.localnet and then have all my boxes 
> defined for that zone.
> 
> I set-up a localdomain.localnet zone in the named.conf file and then defined the 
> boxes in the /var/named/db.localdomain.localnet file.  But that seems not to be 
> the complete configuration.  I do not get the addresses resolved at all that are 
> defined in that file.
> 
> I can restart named without errors.  I tested the zone file with named-checkzone
> and get no errors.  I also see that the number of loaded zones has increased.
> 
> I tried for find examples for such a set-up but all I find always seems to 
> assume that one needs a registered domain.
> 
> I would like to achieve a dns server set-up for a local net without the need to 
> having a domain registered or maintaining a public name server for such a domain.
> 
> Any pointer to examples or what especially needs to be considered would be a 
> great help.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Andreas
> 
>