[cobalt-users] [Qube2] DSL Configuration & DNS Server Setup

[Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am converting my Qube2 to run via an ethernet switch on the primary
interface and on a dsl modem on the secondary. I have studied the DSL"How To"
document and feel fairly comfortable about the settings. However, I can find
no documentation that describes using the Qube2's DNS server service (tons
for the raq2/3, nada for the qube - the GUI interface looks completely
different).

I understand (at a beginning level - yes, I have ordered the book) SOA, A,
MX, CNAME, NS, etc.records).

If someone has a Qube2 configured with dsl on the secondary and ethernet on
the primary, and has figured out how to use the DNS service to act as a
primary name server for a registered domain not connected with the ISP, I
sure would like to have some advice and help.

The ISP gave me basically:

Hostname: adsl1
Domain name: provider.net
Assigned IP address: nn.99.55.100
default gateway: nn.99,55.1
ns: ns1.ip
ns: ns2.ip
mask: 255...0

If I understand this correctly, once the name server info makes its rounds,
my Qube2 can be reached via nn.99.55.100 and the ISP assigned name
adsl1.provider.net (which should mean that www.adsl1.provider.net should
also work) and mail sent to user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx should show up in my
Qube2's spool? Please correct me if I am wrong.

However, I have already have a registered domain (say mydom.com) that I would
like to use for web, ftp, and mail services on the Qube2. I guess one
solution would be to have the ISP make the appropriate A, MX, CNAME, entries
for mydom.com in their name servers so that the Qube2 also becomes known to
the world as mydom.com (i.e., MYDOM.COM.  IN   A  nn.99.55.100,
WWW.MYDOM.COM.  IN  A nn.99.55.100, FTP.MYDOM.COM. CNAME  MYDOM.COM, and so
on.). I.e., the ISP would maintain the zone records for mydom.com?

However, I was trying to determine whether the Qube2 could be used as the
primary nameserver for mydom.com? I have figured out that I can use the Qube2
Add Forward Lookup to create A and PTR records, the Add Mail Server Lookup to
create MX records, and the Add Alias Lookup to create CNAME records. However,
from this point on, I am getting real lost.

I understand that one must have a primary and secondary ns and if I were able
to configure the Qube2 as the primary ns, I would still need to configure the
ISP as the secondary ns. 

Now the questions:

Will the Qube2 support what I am trying to do?

What is the purpose of the Add Secondary Forward Domain and Add Secondary
Reverse Domain control buttons (with an example, please)?

I see no way using the GUI to edit the SOA entries?

If someone has successfully gotten this to work, please guide me in the
correct direction.

Thanks.