I'm wondering if I should set up a Caching DNS Server for my home network? And on which machine/s? should I have one? The attached text file shows my network layout. Thanks for your guidance. Johnny __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
My home network diagram.
((??)) = name of the machine
Using 'Bastille-Linux' for firewalls on (( GW )) and (( LAN )).
port 80 is only open to the 'outside world/internet on (( GW )).
port 80 on (( LAN )) is open to (( NK )) and (( LK )) only.
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| (( GW )) |
| [ ppp0 ]|<<<=== The Internet
| |
| |
| | ----------------------------
| | | (( WS )) |
| | | a public WebServer |
| eth1[172.16.0.1] ===>>>|eth0[172.16.0.2] |
| | | |
| | ----------------------------
| | -----------------------------|
| | | (( LAN )) |
| | | Webserver/Ftp Server |
| | | accessible by |
| | | (( NK )) and (( LK ))'only'|
| | | [2 internal hosts] |
| | | |
| | | |
| eth0[10.0.0.1] ===>>>|eth0[10.0.0.2] |
| | | |
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| |
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| (( NK )) | | |
| a workstation | | |
| eth0[192.168.1.105]|<<<===|eth1[192.168.1.100] |
| | | |
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| |
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| (( LK )) | | |
| a workstation | | |
| eth0[172.17.0.2]|<<<===|eth1[172.17.0.1] |
| | | |
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