[Samba] NetBIOS name resolution from Linux

[L.P.H. van Belle]

First why use open dns servers. 
the dns servers of your provider is much less hops away.

if you run you own dns server with caching modus on you have a very fast 
dns response and less traffic.

in this example i first point to you own dns server.
( i also have forwarding dns servers in my bind9 config ) 
and i added 3 dns server of my provider in my resolve.conf

show what i now get is.
1 search order makes sure my own dns is search first.
2 my own dns server responds, if not its forwarded to my providers dns 
  with caching modes active.
3 every old request is very very fast because of the caching.
4 if my dns server fails, the linux server still has dns resolving
provided by resolve.conf 's dns server.

and, my local hosts in my lan are always correct even PTR records.
i use this setup in my company. and it goes further.
here i have 1 master dns + dhcp3 ( dynamic dns server + dhcp server ) 
every other server is dns slave. ( i have about 8 servers here ) and 
also across a wan. ( over vpn ) 

what i acomplised is a very stable and very fast, low cpu consuming 
dns setup. every server is capable of resolving any host/object in my 
lan/wan. 

so yes sure opendns is useable but if you really want it ... 


ow and i didnt say any randon ISP DNS. use your own IPS dns server

;-) 

Louis



>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: samba-bounces+belle=bazuin.nl at lists.samba.org 
>[mailto:samba-bounces+belle=bazuin.nl at lists.samba.org] Namens 
>Charles Marcus
>Verzonden: vrijdag 16 mei 2008 15:30
>Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] NetBIOS name resolution from Linux
>
>On 5/16/2008, L.P.H. van Belle (belle at bazuin.nl) wrote:
>> set your resolve.conf to resolve on localhost first and set the 
>> search order.
>> 
>> example of the resolve.conf
>> search yourlocaldomain.internal.local otherdomain.com
>> nameserver 127.0.0.1
>> nameserver ipofprovider
>
>Much better to use the opendns servers than any randon ISP DNS...
>
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>Best regards,
>
>Charles
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