[wuug-list] [wuug-forum] bradbobak: Re: local dns server setup

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Author: bradbobak
Username: bradbobak (d38-247-35.home1.cgocable.net)
Subject: Re: local dns server setup
Forum: Software
Link: http://www.wuug.org/read.php?13,24,26#msg-26
Approved: Yes

 Perhaps I should explain myself better..

 I have a gateway computer with 2 nics.. One goes to the cable modem via DHCP..
 The other (10.0.0.1) goes to my lan.. This computer runs a DNS server which automatically configures to a wan DNS server.. I point my internal computers to 10.0.0.1 and the gateway computer will look up external DNS queries for the lan no problem.. But on my lan I want to be able to 'ping a_local_computer' and have the DNS server on the gateway computer translate a_local_computer to a local IP address.. I know I can do this by putting a local '/etc/hosts' file on all my computers.. But I would rather have the gateway computer translate local DNS requests to my internal 10.0.0.x if no domain is specified do I don't have to bother adding a '/etc/hosts' file to my local computers..
 Any ideas?