Simple, indeed. For that purpose, I recommend Carla Schroeder's "Linux Cookbook" from O'Reilly. It has several recipes for setting up bind (and djbdns fwiw), and does a good job of explaining things in a concise manner. Stephen wrote: > a very simple reason comes to my mind, one i am wanting to use > > so i can learn bind to add it to my list of skills. > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Eric Cope wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> I want to setup FQDNs for my home network. >> Why? What do you intend to accomplish? >> (Too often people try implementing a solution for a problem they don't >> really understand.) >> >>> Does anyone have a good tutorial on setting up BIND for a Mac/Windows/*nix >>> environment? I was hoping to keep DHCP from my router (it supports static >>> DHCP - yes I know that's contradictory). >>> I have a dynDNS account, .dyndns.org . >>> >>> I want to be able to assign names like >>> >>> macbook..dyndns.org for my macbook >>> crappy..dyndns.org for my windows machine >>> e-server..dyndns.org for my freebsd server >>> ... >> To be able to do this from the outside/wan, you simply need a client program >> that tells dyndns.org what your (router's if you have cable, or DSL modem's >> if you use DSL) public IP address is, and when it changes. See >> http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/. That program (there are several from >> which to choose, some of which are already built-in to firewalls such as >> IPCop) can run on your router or any one of your computers behind it. There >> are several ways you can do this, none of which directly involve bind. >> DynDNS handles all the bind stuff for you on the public side. >> >> On the lan side of things, you can set up a private DNS server if you'd >> like, but for a handful of computers, it's often easier to just edit the >> hosts file on each machine. >> >>> My googling has come up short, mostly because my search terms are lame. >>> Anyone have any ideas? tips? tutorials? good search terms? I don't want to >>> rely on hosts files. >> Again, why (not)? >> >> Personally, I use IPCop, which takes care of all of this (and much more) for >> me. IPCop is relatively simple, and very reliable. >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss