BIND Setup for LAN

[Barry Margolin]

In article <c2pd2h$h7p$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Saleem Burhani Baloch" <peseek at khi.wol.net.pk> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I m new to bind and dont know how to configure it properly.
> 
> I have a Network of 15 worksations (fix IP) which route their internet 
> request through a linux machine acting as a router.
> This machine connects to the ISP via a dialup. When ever I change the ISP I 
> have to change the DNS entery on every workstation.
> Now I want to setup the linux(router) machine as DNS, and set all 
> workstations to this machine.
> This will help me only changing the DNS server configuration when ever I 
> change ISP. And this will cache the DNS entries.
> 
> Please inform me will this work fine. And what configuration should I set ??

It should work fine.  The default BIND configuration should handle it 
automatically.  You shouldn't even need to change the DNS server 
configuration when you change ISPs -- it goes out to the root servers, 
not your ISP's servers.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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