[TriLUG] DNS/DHCP Server revisited

[John Broome]

I'm just about 99.8% sure that Aaron knows how to use the big toys; at  
least google seems to think so. :)

On Jan 15, 2010, at 17:47, Clay Stuckey <claystuckey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not sure if this is what you want bug I would be happy to come over  
> and help you set up the "big boy toys" and show you how they work.
>
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> On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Aaron Joyner <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting that link, John.  I saw this thread this morning
>> and made a mental note to come back and comment, but you've mostly
>> saved me the trouble.  The last time Roy brought this topic up I  
>> put a
>> good bit of effort into scratching the surface of documenting what is
>> necessary to do this with "the big boy tools", ie. ISC's BIND and
>> DHCPD.  Hitting that link, and read the associated thread should be
>> informative.
>>
>> I'll be the first one to agree that there can be a steep learning
>> curve with these tools (I haven't ever used dnsmasq, so I can't
>> directly compare to that), but I can directly attribute my livelihood
>> these days to the chain of events started by taking the time to learn
>> those tools, and learn them well, many years ago.  The nice thing
>> about learning ISC's BIND (and to a lesser extent their DHCPD) is  
>> that
>> because of the way they work, if you make a point to learn what each
>> of the bits going into the config files are for, you end up with a
>> pretty good understanding of how the protocols work over the wire,  
>> and
>> at least one part of the glue that holds the Internet together starts
>> to make a lot more sense.  :)
>>
>> Aaron S. Joyner
>>
>> PS - Yes, I know that I'm unusual in that I find how the plumbing of
>> the Internet works to be fascinating, and like to do the digital
>> equivalent of digging up the water main to my house to replace it  
>> w/ a
>> copper one not because it'll work any better, but because sweating  
>> the
>> joints on a large copper pipe is fun.  If that's not you, please  
>> stick
>> w/ dnsmasq.  :)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM, John Broome <jbroome at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 08:38, Roy Vestal <rvestal at trilug.org>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Suggestions on what to read/where to start? I plan to use CentOS  
>>>> 5.3 on the
>>>> new server.
>>>
>>> Guess it's time to 'cheat':
>>> http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/Week-of-Mon-20080915/056076.html
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