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Re: Networking: Round 1
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:12:03 GMT
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J.D. Forinash wrote:
> In article <3AB0C8D8.10401@peeron.com>, Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> wrote:
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> > if only a few hosts are supposed to access those "domains", why bother
> > with dns at all? just set up the hosts file on all the computers to
> > point those domains to whatever IP you need...
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> Geek value. :)
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> Actually, there can be some real uses, too. Sure, if it's just four or
> five machines, it's easy to keep up a hosts file on each of them. One of
> the things I wanted my home network to be able to do, though, was handle
> the "LAN party" idea easily. Sure, I could just assign each person an IP
> address and hand them a hosts file, but it's so much easier to tell them,
> "Just set up for DCHP." and have the DHCP server point them at my DNS
> server and poof, everything works.
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> That and I wanted to know how to set up DNS... I've maintained it in
> every Real Job I've had, but had never set up a server...
oh, of course - learning how to set up dns and deal with it is every's
geek duty :) I was just saying that for a smallish setup, it is more
hassle than it's worth... aside from the learning part :)
Dan
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| (...) Well, yeah. Someone _desperately_ needs to come up with a scaleable solution that doesn't involve fourteen different file mungings to change a single entry. Some folks in the local Linux enthusiasts group wrote "DENTS", which was supposed to (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Geek value. :) Actually, there can be some real uses, too. Sure, if it's just four or five machines, it's easy to keep up a hosts file on each of them. One of the things I wanted my home network to be able to do, though, was handle the "LAN (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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