What is the best way to configure DNS for a local network?

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Wed Feb 16 21:17:15 UTC 2000


> Hi,
> I want to use DNS instead of always editing the hosts file 
> on my network.
> My linux machine doesn't have an internet connection.
> Is it possible to configure the DNS server that it won't try 
> to contact the root dns servers outside ?
> What is the best sollution for this?
> 
> thanks in avance,
> Freddy Groen
> 
> ps: i'm using bind8 and it's working. But it still tries to 
> resolve unknown names...
> 
> 
	Just set up a root zone similar to your other master zones.
	i.e. change the zone type from hint to master and build the
	zone SOA and NS records for the root and the forward and reverse
	zones.

	Mark
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