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On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 14:43 -0400, Mark wrote: |
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> Can I specify different DNS servers for each of my two physical |
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> interfaces to use? One nic is configured for DHCP, and the other is |
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> static. The DHCP enabled NIC gets its DNS server list automatically |
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> and updates (overwrites) /etc/resolv.conf. How can I point my static |
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> IP NIC to a different DNS server since it's on a different network? Or |
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> is there a different/better solution? |
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> Mark |
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> [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own] |
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I will venture a guess that the reason you want to do this is that each |
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DNS server can resolve some but not all of the names/IPs that you need |
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to resolve. In addition, rather than waiting for the resolver to timeout |
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and move onto the next nameserver, you would like send DNS queries to |
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the appropriate DNS server on the first attempt. |
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If the above is true, one of the things you could do is run a local |
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caching nameserver and point resolv.conf to localhost (127.0.0.1). You |
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would then configure forwarders (upstream DNS servers) on a domain by |
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domain basis as well as a default one. This is especially easy to do |
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with dnscache/tinydns. |
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Eric |
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