Re: Where do I set another DNS server? - nvm fwd tab

Possibly an Opera glitch, tried from Konqueror, all fine now, thanks!


Am Samstag, 11. Juli 2009 17:22:48 schrieb Dexter Filmore:
> Do I have to have an own DNS by all means?
> I'd really like to have one within m0n0 but I was told adding the plugin to
> a flash installation is not so hot.
>
> Asking because I only added the two opendns IPs in general and now find I
> can't access "DNS forwarders" anymore, it just times out.
>
> Dex
>
> Am Freitag, 10. Juli 2009 19:41:03 schrieb Harbert Reilink:
> > You can do like I have configured:
> >
> > 1) in "general" tab you put the DNS servers you want to use, I use 2 from
> > OpenDNS and 1 own DNS, UNcheck the box "Allow DNS server list to be
> > overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN"
> >
> > 2) Tab "DNS forwarder" Check box "Enable DNS forwarder" and check box
> > "Register DHCP leases in DNS forwarder" and save
> >
> > 3) That's it, works better then the DNS servers I got via my ISP, in
> > fact, uptil now I did not have any probs anymore with DNS.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Harbert
> > Orangebox Networks
> >
> > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:10:49 +0200, Dexter Filmore
> > <[email protected]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > You got me all wrong. Think simple. All I want is a my computers to
> > > query
> >
> > a
> >
> > > different DNS than the ISP's.
> > >
> > > Am Freitag, 10. Juli 2009 16:22:30 schrieb Bob Gustafson:
> > >> I think what you are saying is that you would like to have a local DNS
> > >> for your own computers, but yet still be able to access the ISP's DNS
> > >> for web traveling.
> > >>
> > >> The local DNS needs to have DNS forwarding enabled so that you get
> > >> results from the world. You can restrict dns inquiries coming from the
> > >> outside for information about your local machines.
> > >>
> > >> These things you set up on your networked computers, not within
> > >> m0n0wall.
> > >>
> > >> You need to do some reading here. You could Google for:
> > >>
> > >> Split horizon dns
> > >>
> > >> Also, djbdns provides tools to do this.
> > >>
> > >> Bob G
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 15:35 +0200, Dexter Filmore wrote:
> > >> > I am on cable, DHCP and would like to use another DNS server than
> > >> > the one
> > >> > assigned by my ISP.
> > >> >
> > >> > I would heve entered them in the general setup and disabled
> > >> > "Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAN"
> > >> >
> > >> > but was told on IRC I would rather have to use a DNS forwarder.
> > >> >
> > >> > Which one is correct?
> > >> >
> > >> > Next thing: if forwarder is correct, which ione? There are two
> > >> > options and I can't even understand why:
> > >> >
> > >> > Host	Domain	IP	Description
> > >> >
> > >> > and
> > >> >
> > >> > Domain	IP	Description
> > >> >
> > >> > "Domain" means all my computers and "Host" only one machine on my
> > >> > net?
> > >>
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