[HLUG] Test web server

[Paul Stenning]

Hi,

Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Best to set up a caching DNS server on the LAN.  

Can the Bind DNS that's already on my server be set up do that?


> Some routers also have
> DNS proxy functionality, where you can enter local hostnames into the
> router config and they will be resolved to the local IP addresses, but
> it then forwards everything to the ISP's DNS server.  

There doesn't seem to be any options for this in my Netgear DG834G router.


> I never like now
> configuring clients on the LAN to talk directly to outside DNS servers.

The router is doing that at the moment because I set the DNS servers in 
it to the ISP as primary and my server as secondary.  If the router is 
set to obtain DNS info from the ISP it returns itself as the DNS server 
to DHCP clients.

Paul


> 
> Andrew.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Paul
> Stenning
> Sent: 22 April 2008 17:56
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Test web server
> 
> Results:
> 
> 
> *** PING TO THE SERVER ***
> 
> C:\Windows\system32>ping server2
> 
> Pinging server2 [192.168.0.210] with 32 bytes of data:
> Reply from 192.168.0.210: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
> Reply from 192.168.0.210: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
> Reply from 192.168.0.210: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
> Reply from 192.168.0.210: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
> 
> Ping statistics for 192.168.0.210:
>      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>      Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 1ms
> 
> 
> 
> *** IPCONFIG (unused connections not shown) ***
> 
> C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all
> 
> Windows IP Configuration
> 
>     Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Paul-Vista
>     Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>     Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>     IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>     WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> 
> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> 
>     Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>     Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link
> 4965AGN
>     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-**-**-**
>     DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>     Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : 
> fe80::d9bb:468b:1b90:16fb%12(Preferred)
>     IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3(Preferred)
>     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>     Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22 April 2008 16:34:36
>     Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 23 April 2008 16:34:35
>     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
>     DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
>     DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.23.3.100
>                                         192.168.0.210
>     NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
> 
> 
> 
> *** NSLOOKUP ***
> 
> C:\Windows\system32>nslookup
> Default Server:  dns.hq.svc.zen.net.uk
> Address:  212.23.3.100
> 
>  > google.co.uk
> Server:  dns.hq.svc.zen.net.uk
> Address:  212.23.3.100
> 
> DNS request timed out.
>      timeout was 2 seconds.
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    google.co.uk
> Addresses:  72.14.221.104
>            66.249.93.104
>            216.239.59.104
> 
>  > server2
> Server:  dns.hq.svc.zen.net.uk
> Address:  212.23.3.100
> 
> *** dns.hq.svc.zen.net.uk can't find server2: Non-existent domain
>  > ec1.server2
> Server:  dns.hq.svc.zen.net.uk
> Address:  212.23.3.100
> 
> *** dns.hq.svc.zen.net.uk can't find ec1.server2: Non-existent domain
>  >
> C:\Windows\system32>
> 
> 
> 
> It looks like it only does the lookup on the primary name server.  If 
> that replies as unknown it doesn't try the secondary
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul.
> 
> 
> paul.maddox.mail-list at synth.net wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
>>> Do you have any info on using nslookup?  If not I'll google it later.
>> at the command prompt type 'nslookup'
>>
>> so ;-
>>
>> c:\>nslookup   [Hit Return]
>>
>> it'll then display ;-
>>
>> Default Server: blahblah.blah.com
>> Address: 192.192.192.192
>>
>> where the name and address are the name and address of the server it's
> using.
>> at the > prompt, just type 'google.com' (or the name of your box) and
> hit
>> return.
>>
>> It's possible that your windows machine network domain name (the
>> MyMachine.blah.com) doesn't match that of the name server.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>
>