Re: [clug-talk] Name resolution

2013-08-12 Thread Shawn
Thanks All. I've used Bind in the past, but it has been a couple of years. I do remember that it was a little more of a technical pain in the butt, but effective. But seeing as it's been a while, I thought I'd ask. I checked out DNSmasq and it seems to be a reasonable solution in my case.

Re: [clug-talk] Name resolution

2013-08-12 Thread John Jardine
I know I'm coming in late to this discussion but here's what I was using (what I'm using now is further down). Alix box with DNSMasq as DHCP & DNS. I've never setup Bind so I have no idea of the relative effort involved. My requirements are: Static IP pool from x.y.z.1 to x.y.z.99 DHCP pool from

Re: [clug-talk] Name resolution

2013-08-12 Thread Andrew Robinson
Out of curiosity, how do you like the Dlink DSR-250? I haven't found anyone using them before, and I'm curious about getting one for myself for the SSL VPN capabilities. -Original message- > From:John Jardine > > Sent: Monday 12th August 2013 9:

Re: [clug-talk] Name resolution

2013-08-12 Thread Lewko, Robert
John, I am thinking of doing something similar. Have you tried to connect to IPSEC with Linux or some other OS? How difficult is it? > I know I'm coming in late to this discussion but here's what I was using > (what I'm using now is further down). > Alix box with DNSMasq as DHCP & DNS. I've ne

Re: [clug-talk] Name resolution

2013-08-12 Thread John Jardine
Hi, @Andrew: Overall, I like the router. There is some internet rage against it but I have no major issues with it. My only minor quibble is that it takes "too long" to boot - but my network stack is on a UPS so it doesn't get rebooted very often:) I don't use the built-in VPN endpoint for a cou