to run DNS set up on server or NOT to that is the Question i have
i understand that I need a DDClient and DDClient.conf running on my linux box while behind a router
but should i also set up a onboard DNS entries for sub domains?? my thanks Wolfsar |
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to use rehat DNS or not
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here is what i've done in simple terms 1st i've made seprate master forward zones gusc.com then created another zone wgd.gusc.oom irc.gusc.com www.gusc.com gusc.gusc.com where they ask for nameserver i added the ns1 through ns4.afraid.org where i use freedns.afraid.org dynamic DNS sevices the above was my 1st try.... if i understand your pint of root/parent domain, you create gusc.oom and branch off of that by adding a record, such as wgd.gusc.com irc.gusc.com www.gusc.com gusc.gusc.com and devide the 4 name server equally to each branch BTW gusc.com is short for my fully qualifide domain name that i paid for at directnic.com i use freedns.afraid.org because dierctnic.com does not have a Dynamic DNS option BTW the system i plan on pointing to is behind netgear RP614 -v4 router and i can not add freedns.afraid.org as my DDclient provider, on the router it is pre programmed with dynDNS provider please check which self DNS settings shoul i use?? my thanks Wolfsar |
I think that the afraid.org is adding a layer to the confusion factor here. In response to your reply, I did a little bit of looking on their website. Are you using their premium service or their free service? (doh, you said your using the freedns) Assuming you are using their free service, it looks like there is a little bit of a catch and that is that their DNS also hosts the sub domains rather than yours. The reason for this is that it looks like you are agreeing to let others tag on to your FQDN parent domain name and create sub domains off of it. For example, you may have zone wgd.gusc.oom irc.gusc.com www.gusc.com gusc.gusc.com but someone else could come along and create strangesextoys.gusc.com. If you control the DNS for the domain, this can't happen as you will be responsible for creating and maintaining those zone entries. In this case, from what I read, to register your subdomains, you would do this under the domain tab on the afraid.org control panel.
If this is not what you want, maybe you should look at the premium services, which may offer dynamic DNS for $5 per month (from what I saw) or look at a different provider like DynDNS which offers this type of service, though it wouldn't be free either. |
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by onnly adding directnic.com ns to afraid.org set up, i read some where to put the afraid.org ns server on directnic.com system.... the only other isssue i had was i could not use DDclient to update there was a invalid value in the line Protocol freedns when i maild josh there was no real salution except posabally ermoving a , in the line of the DDClient.conf BTW i'm using the free section of freedns for now until i get it to work Wolfsar |
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Given what you are after, if you can find a dynamic DNS provider that will point your parent domain at your IP address, you could run your own DNS. It just occurred to me, though, that unless you have multiple public IP addresses (and if you do, I would think that they would be static) that the sub domains will simply be CNAMES or aliases of the parent domain. In which case, your DNS provider will likely provide this service for upto X number of CNAMES for no charge. |
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but IF i do use the linux DNS should I make seprate entries for each??? or should i branch off the main entry, into tree like set up Wolfsar |
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