Kiran Hampal Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hi there, I have Mandriva 2009.0. All my computers are connected to the internet by a wireless router. I have apache, mysql, php, perl, bind, phpmyadmin, webmin and sendmail on my laptop server. What I want to to do is setup my laptop to be a DNS server with a domain. I want my laptop to be still connected to the internet, but so that only computers in my household to view my laptop. This is fine so far. I can browse to 192.168.1.29 and access my server without anybody else seeing except other computers in my household. How do I setup my laptop to be a DNS server with a domain such as laptopserver.com, and no one else can see it except household computers and still receive the internet? I have tried several tutorials, and can't seem to get the domain working. A full tutorial would be appreciated. Thanks Kiran. [moved from Software by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 You could try installing drakwizard and then using this to configure the DNS server. You'll find the wizards once installed, in Configure Your Computer, or press ALT-F2 and type in mcc and run this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiran Hampal Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi, thanks for the useful reply. It said that I couldn't use localhost - so I change it - it worked and then at the last step said the parameters need changing. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 What tutorials are you using? I found the Traditional DNS Howto at howtoforge.com very helpful. Yeah it's a big read, but I took the time to read it and found configuring bind to be very simple thereafter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiran Hampal Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks, I'll have a read of that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Nice howto reiver :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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