[NEWBIE] Running DNS server off cablemodem

[Patrick Greenwell]

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, woodstoc wrote:

> In article <379bd3ec.2474660 at news>, adrena1in at NOSPAMhome.com (Chris Adams)
> wrote:
> 
> > I'm interested in running a DNS server on a FreeBSD box which is
> > connected to a cablemodem.
> 
> I am fairly certain that cable modems only have around 33.6k of upload
> bandwidth.

That would be an erroneous assumption. Perhaps you are thinking of
sattelite?

> This means anyone outside of your LAN would be querrying your
> DNS through a really really small pipe.

Unless you were answering a large number of queries, or doing a lot of
zone transfers, even if it was a 33.6k link, it shouldn't be a problem.
DNS isn't particularly bandwidth-intensive.