Subject: Re: Configuring server for internal network
From: darren david (darren@extension11.com)
Date: Mon Oct 23 2000 - 14:44:07 MDT
I gotcha. But here's a serious networking newbie question for you -
we've got a domain name registered, and currently we've got
"wwww.domainname.com" pointing at an external server at some ISP. Can
I add local machines on the same domain that aren't hosted by the
same ISP?
Darren
>on 10/23/00 1:37 PM, darren david at darren@extension11.com wrote:
>
>> Are domain names essential for functionality on an internal network?
>> What if I only ever want to refer to a machine by its IP address - is
>> there any way to just turn reverse DNS lookup off?
>
>They're probably not essential, but a lot of tcp/ip software will probably
>assume that they can do it and you may have to wait for the dns resolver to
>time out.
>
>With ProFTPD, you can use "UseReverseDNS Off" to turn this behavior off -
>with Sendmail, all you have to do is wait out the initial lookup (I think).
>
>Either way, it's much more useful/correct to have domain names and they're
>*really* cheap nowadays ($10-$15/year) - it's not that hard to set up.
>--
>Darron
>darron@froese.org
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