Charles

Now that you mention it, I do seem to remember that. I wonder why that happened.

Hrm, I haven't noticed missing audio on the Rev3 version of Hak5 before.

I figured it out: had to set the "option domain-name" setting on the DHCP server to the domain that I was using for the FQDN. Now I just need to figure out what all I need to do to secure said DNS server. That'll be fun.

Hrm one more question. Does anyone know how to set a "DNS suffix" so that I don't have to keep typing the damned dns domain each time? I am guessing I need to set it up in DHCP, but I am not sure.

The latest video was using flash, idk what's going on either.

Awesome. Can you get a screenshot of it?

Schweet I have my own Intellectual Property Address! Sounds like a stupid thing to put into law.

Cost to storage ratio is still insanely high for SSD. Tape is cheap.

Thanks for the info guys!

I am not sure where I read about that (if I read about it at all.. ) but if you use a TLD like a .com or .net, you need to register it, since it'll be out on the internet. If I recall correctly, if you use something like .local or even .office, it won't be going out on the internet. I could be wrong of course.

Right now I can ping the machines just by using the hostname: e.g., "thor" When I set up a test dns server, I needed to use the entire domain name: e.g., "thor.local" I don't have to do that currently for the windows boxes, but I think they are just using NetBIOS broadcasts to confirm the machine name.

Thanks! I'll be giving it a shot later today. :) Configuring DNS in Windows Server is a whole hell of a lot easier, but at least Webmin makes it semi-manageable. EDIT: Is there a way to ping a host without having to use the domain name? I tried setting up an alias, but it won't allow duplicate entires. Also: Do I need to set up the DNS server in a chroot environment? I seem to recall having read that it would be a wise.

I want to set up a DNS server that will do both forward lookup (and maybe reverse lookup, but I don't think that would be needed) for the local machines and forward any requests that are not local onto the internet. I was trying to follow a tutorial on how to set up a caching name server and that seemed to work, but I am a bit clueless as to how to set up this DNS server to work with DHCP, so that anything assigned an IP from DHCP is added to the DNS database. Any ideas? I am thinking I might just create A records and leave it at that. I think I need to create a master zone for my local network and add the clients to it, but I am not 100% positive. Most of the how-tos I found did everything from the command-line, not thru webmin. Any help would be appreciated.

Wow, if 20Mbps is slow, I wonder what fast would be considered. I think VaKo is on the right track, what type of router do you have? I know there are some that cannot handle super high speed links.

Just throw it on a usb stick. It's going to be a windows-only tool, which kinda makes sense from a developer standpoint.

I think the best the router I have now does is forward all requests to outside DNS servers, so that I only need to have a listing for 192.168.1.1 as the DNS server instead of a bunch of them. I just use netBIOS broadcasting for normal windows machine and have resorted to just adding entries to the hosts file on my linux box. It's not too bad since I only have like 6 machines.

The only thing I really found for 2wire is that Parental controls and whatnot are a "Value-added Service" but couldn't find any info on how to unlock or configure them on a 2wire gateway. The info I mostly found were detailing the pluses and features of parental controls, but no way to set them. This might help: http://support.2wire.com/?page=view&article=107

If you cannot do it from the router, there are other parental control software around. NetNanny is one that I can think of. I'm sure there are others. Better idea would be to get a good DSL modem and a separate router. EDIT: I remember trying to use the "modem" that I got from my ISP, when I first got high speed internet 6 years ago. I had to pay for a garbage motorola modem, but ended up getting sick of the constant drops and slow speed and picked up a Linksys modem. Mind you that was over 6 years ago.. but it was definitely worth it.

They removed support for linux in the paid version. I didn't use the old version for linux either, but I'll still keep it around.

Too bad you aren't allowed to use subnetting calculators on exams! I'd probably have one on my phone or netbook if I needed to do it alot.

I use Haren's Boot CD for password stuff.

That is correct.

Thanks for the explaination. I did custom subnetting a few years ago for a class but haven't used it since. It is hard to remember something if you don't use it. Heh.

Got it, but I guess my understanding of DNS is limited. I can set it up on a windows box no problem, but I have problems with BIND, most of the how-tos I've found aren't talking about setting up a local dns that does forwarding.

I get the basic concept of it, but I cannot seem to wrap my head around the actual math of it. I can (kinda) do class C addresses, but I'm getting stuck on how to tell how many subnets/hosts per subnet are there if given just the mask. Example: Find the number of subnets for a mask of 255.255.255.224.