On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:04 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > I now have one of my PCs using the FC5 box as it's DNS server.... I'll > see how that goes, if I don't encounter any "weirdness" I'll change > the rest of the PCs to also use it. (A simple change to my router dhcp > server config) I did this ages ago. I've not noticed any problems caused by it. I've noticed quite few pre-existing problems solved by it (my ISPs have had crap DNS servers, I don't have to faff around with hosts files on each PC, local servers can work properly, etc.). > I'm thinking now that if this is such a good way to go, why doesn't a > server install do this by default? Hmm, probably a good question. I've done it with clients, too. Even standalone ones *can* benefit from using their own good DNS server instead of their ISP's crap one (if it is). Though it's not just a case of installing the thing and setting it going, you'd also need to adjust networking settings so that going on-line doesn't change the DNS servers that your system uses. I'm not sure if that can be easily done from a GUI network setup. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
