dns server behind a firewall with a non routed ip?

[Brad Davis]

I just want this to be a functioning dns server. I want it to do backup dns
for a coupla sites.. no I haven't been contracted by m$.. I just want to be
able to use this as a normal dns server.


Brad


>
> Brad,
> What are you trying to achieve?  I mean what addresses do you want
returned to
> the outside world by your DNS server.  I find it hard to believe that you
have
> been contracted by microsoft to run their DNS service.  So what servers
are you
> wanting to list and where are they located?
> rgds
> Marc TXK
>
> Brad Davis wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm attempting to setup bind 8.2.3.
> >
> > I have it behind a router, on a box with an ip of 192.168.2.2 and I'm
> > forwarding port 53 from the router to this box. For some reason bind
isn't
> > answering any of the dns requests from the outside world.
> >
> > At first I couldn't do a 'nslookup - 192.168.2.2', only a 'nslookup -
> > 127.0.0.1'.. but then I create a reverse dns zone for 192.168.2 and
added an
> > entry for .2. then I could do an 'nslookup - 192.168.2.2'. So I setup a
> > slave zone for the external ip address of my router and copied that dns
info
> > over.. thinking that if I had that info I could do use it from outside
my
> > network. Well now that I did that bind will respond but it changes the
ip of
> > what the host is to the external ip of my router. So this is what I get:
> > note the ips and the server name have been changed.
> >
> > microsoft.com
> > Server:  my.server.com
> > Address:  12.34.56.78
> >
> > Name:    microsoft.com
> > Addresses:  12.34.56.78, 12.34.56.78, 12.34.56.78, 12.34.56.78,
12.34.56.78
> >
> > any ideas on why this is happening? and how I could set this up better?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brad
>
>
>