RE: [cobalt-users] Qube 2: Howto forward DNS requests?

[<rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See the recent threads on DNS in the archives; we've just dealt with the
topic (I posed the question) and several people had useful things to say.
Particularly look at "recursive DNS" in the archives.

Short answer: your DNS server does this by default, no configuration
required. You set it up to answer things it knows about; anything else, it
goes and asks the two nameservers you configured for it in the Control
Panel -> Network -> Ethernet part of the admin interface.

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joerg Kalisch
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 12:13 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Qube 2: Howto forward DNS requests?
>
>
> Hello
>
> I want my Qube 2 to act as a local DNS server for my private network
> at home. My ISP gave me a multidrop mailbox for a subdomain (i.e.
> mysub.domain.com).
>
> I have done the following settings on the DNS parameter page:
>
> qube.mysub.domain.com   -->                      192.168.0.5
> client.mysub.domain.com -->                      192.168.0.2
> 192.168.0.5             -->                      qube.mysub.domain.com
> 192.168.0.2             -->
> client.mysub.domain.com
> mysub.domain.com        --> ...high priority --> qube.mysub.domain.com
>
> This works very fine for my. The DNS is resolving correctly and mails
> can be send / received.
>
> Now i want to forward any DNS request (which can not be resolved by
> my local configuration) to another DNS server. This should be tranpa-
> rent for my client.
>
> I know, that i can enter a secondary forward domain server, but i
> have to specify the domain. Can i use a wildcard or a negation like
>
> !mysub.domain.com --> 128.128.128.128
>
> here? (Which means: Forward any request to a subdomain which is not
> mysub.domain.com to the DNS server with IP 128.128.128.128).
>
> The remote DNS should only be contacted if the IP can't be resolved
> by the local configuration. Does anybody have a solution how to mana-
> ge this problem?
>
>
> --
> (U wanna know what a "Joergi" is? Please have a look at:
http://www.joergi.de/)

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