On Saturday, 10 May 2025 00:58:25 CEST bi...@clearviz.biz wrote: > Howdy all!. My name is Arnold, and I'm new to both Bind9 and to the > Bind user's list. I'm hoping to contribute my findings on the use of > Bind9. in the future but, for now, I need some help in getting my 1st > install of Bind 9.18 performing well. It does run already, but does not > perform well at all. I'll explain.
Hi Arnold, pleased to make your acquaintance! It may not be in my position to say as just a fellow member of this list, but welcome! > First, a quick bit of history. I run a home network (a full domain > structure) and, for the past 23 years, I ran a server (Windows Server > 2003) as a full Primary Domain Controller in my home network. I ran > DHCP, DNS and AD on that server. It worked great and had extremely fast > responses for DNS forwarding. Very rarely was there ever a failure (i.e. > "Site not found" or "No Internet Access") etc. And it ran great for > almost 23 years.... Until this past Easter Sunday, when it died a nasty > hardware death. I deemed it unworthy of repairing. This because, 2 years > ago, I began building two new mid-tower machines (Intel coreI7 and was > going to install Ubuntu Server (22.04) on one and the 22.04 client on > the other. I completed the client machine and it is up and running > perfectly. I held off on the server as my Win2003 server was still > running. But not anymore. Glad to hear that after all this time, you're making the switch to open source! Being in a country dominated by Microsoft (Belgium), that warms my heart. Open source is great, do give it the chance it deserves! > I resumed the build of the Ubuntu Server (22.04). I installed > ISC-DHCP-Server for DHCP (I know Kea is available but I read where that > needs Ubuntu 24.xx+). I also installed Bind9.18 as the DNS server. The > DHCP server is working perfectly. No issues at all. Very happy with it. > The Bind9.18, not so much. BTW, I'll deal with an AD replacement > later if at all (Samba, Kerberos or something similar). While unrelated to DNS specifically, I have used Samba for a few years now to do file sharing. Short of some additions needed for Apple devices, it has worked great so far and has done interop without a hitch. > The following are the behavioral symptoms of the current Bind9.18 > install. > > * Links/URLs - Links/URLs submitted in a browser (especially a link > not used before or not after a long while) often take a very long time > to render and often fail with a "Can't access that site" or "No Internet > Access" error. if I keep refreshing the same link/URL multiple times, > eventually the webpage will render correctly. This may have to do with priority of DNS servers - your BIND server(s) should be first in that list, and 2s (afaik) should be accounted for switching to a secondary in that list. Up to 2 DNS servers in such chain are supported in most networking implementations, some allow for 3 or more. Each multiple should be given 2s (again, afaik) as a multiplier, before the next is considered. > All of the above leads me to believe that Bind 9 may not be configured > correctly to allow for the best possible performance/response times by > the forwarding servers (8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1). I have attached my > named.conf.options file and .local file. The named.conf file only has > includes for .options and ,local conf files. The .default-zones file is > commented out. > > If you need other info about my configuration and setup, please feel > free to ask and I'll do my best to provide it. > > Thank you all so much and I look forward to learning from you. > > Regards, > Arnold -- Met vriendelijke groet, Michael De Roover Mail: i...@nixmagic.com Web: michael.de.roover.eu.org -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
