On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 03:55 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
Simon Slater wrote:
> Is there any overlap in the functions of NIS, bind and LDAP? Or are
> these mutually exclusive?
I would be surprised if you needed either NIS or LDAP for a SOHO
network. However, I would say NIS and LDAP are similar, but bind (i.e.
DNS) serves a fundamentally different purpose.
> When using DHCP, is /etc/hosts redundant?
Well, you won't /need/ to use it. You configure a server to assign IPs
(DHCP) and automatically tell other computers which computer maps to
which IPs (DNS).
> What is the optimal way to resolve names in a small but growing
> network?
Depends how small, of course. But I would think a simple DNS/DHCP
server like dnsmasq is reasonable for such a network. See
http://www.linux.com/articles/149040 for a good start.
Matt Flaschen
Thanks Matt. I saw dnsmasq mentioned in one how-to but didn't chase it
since I was focussing on DHCP and bind. Now there are half a dozen
boxes, but will increase to 2 dozen over the next year. Is this still
within the scope of dnsmasq? As that article suggests I would like to
have the server do the work rather than have the DSL router handle DHCP,
firewall etc. Realising there are a variety of solutions, I don't want
to come against Ockham's Razor.
--
Regards,
Simon Slater
Registered Linux User #463789. Be counted at:
http://counter.li.org/