dnsmasq is used by default on OpenWRT IIRC as well. Bind may be a "heavy" solution, but it is ultimately the one I chose. I have 3 bind servers on my LAN. The primary is actually a VM (KVM) with the slave installs living on the firewall itself (vanilla Ubuntu 13.04 server) and the KVM server host.
I used to have the isc dhcp server update the zone file, but now I statically assign the DNS to avoid collisions so this is possible, it just does not work out of the box like it does with dnsmasq (I do not actually want this enabled in my primary LAN). To actually answer your question, either solution will work, but I am a fan of Bind so I will probably always suggest it :) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Anand Singh <an...@linizen.com> wrote: > I'm actually an Untangle reseller and only have it installed as a > firewall/gateway at two small sites. For larger networks I use it in > bridge mode behind another firewall. It's just not a robust gateway > solution. > > For Internet facing DNS zones Bind is the way to go, but is overkill for > your application. DNSmasq is a better option since it is light weight, and > has a built-in DHCP server to allow automatic name creation in the DNS > responder based on the DHCP hostname. i.e.: If mygamebox picks up a DHCP > lease, it automatically gets a DNS entry. > > DNSmasq is used by many firewall distributions (including Untangle) to > provide that functionality. > > Anand. > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Shawn <sgro...@open2space.com> wrote: > >> So I have a basic network set up now via my Asus RT-N56U wireless router >> with updated firmware (which happens to have parental controls too!!). The >> one thing it seems to be missing is name resolution. I can't ping any >> other boxes on the network by name with the firewall as my gateway and name >> resolver. >> >> The obvious short term solution is to add my boxes into my /etc/hosts >> file. That only affects my local box though. So I'm looking at setting up >> a DNS server on my network and thought I'd ask here for tips and such >> first. (my previous firewall - Untangle - has failed on me, but allowed me >> to add HOSTS entries on the firewall that would be used for internal >> resolution...) >> >> Is Bind still the best DNS server? Is there another/simpler name >> resolution solution I'm missing? >> >> Thanks for any tips. >> >> Shawn >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/**listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca<http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> >> Mailing List Guidelines >> (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.**php<http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> >> ) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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