[Preston] DNS Question

[Guy Heatley]

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On Wednesday 22 January 2003 6:55 pm, you wrote:
>
> Our Linux server is 10.67.24.6. It'd be much easier to call this
> something like timmy, for instance, so that I can refer people to our
> internal web site with:
>
> http://timmy
>
> instead of:
>
> http://10.67.24.6
>
> Similarly, it'd be useful to be able to refer to things like network
> printers, wireless access points, important workstations, etc, by
> hostnames. We've got NetBIOS names, which are sometimes useful - but
> they're not always - they don't work for everything.
>
> So that's the question: how does DNS work on an internal network? Can I
> set up a DNS server that can resolve things on 10.67.24.0/22 by itself
> or send on the request to a 'real' DNS server on the Internet if that
> doesn't work?
>
> If someone could clear that up for me, it'll save me a load of
> reading... thanks :))
>

Hi Andy,
This might not be the condensed answer you were asking for, but try this link:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/ch06.html#X-087-2-RESOLV.HOWDNSWORKS
Oreilly were kind enough to release their current edition of the Linux 
Network Administrators Guide as an 'open book'.
The writing style is a little lighter than other texts on DNS.
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Guy

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