Migrating from MACDNS--Where are my parents?

Re: Migrating from MACDNS--Where are my parents?

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You shouldn't have to configure a "parent server" (i.e. a forwarder)
in QuickDNS - unlike MacDNS, which is only a partial DNS server,
QuickDNS for Mac OS X uses the BIND name server, a fully-functional
DNS server capable of resolving outside names all by itself. Have you
tried it yet, as is?

If you do want to configure one or more forwarders, you can set this
up in the Server Options dialog for your server. It's not part of the
configuration of any particular zone.
____________________________________________________________________
Chris Buxton Men & Mice
support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy

At 11:28 AM -0700 12/28/02, Peter Hilts wrote:
>Scenario.
>
>I'm new in a school district runnning MacDNS. We are bogging down, running
>on an old system. So....
>
>I have installed QDNS 4 on an Xserve on a 100T connection through a switch
>then router to our T1. We do have a firewall, but it allows DNS traffic to
>flow both ways unobstructed.
>
>The router and T1 are much slower than the Xserve, so bandwidth should not
>be an issue.
>
>I can define internal addresses and aliases. When I set and internal
>machine to query the Xserve for addresses, it pulls the internals just fine.
>
>What I don't know how to do, and what is not evident to me in the manual, is
>to set my ISP's resover as the "Parent" server. I have both the Name and
>number of the Qwest ;-( server that is currently resolving for our MacDNS
>box. From the Xserve I can ping, tracerout, NSLookup etc... Without any
>problem to the the Qwest resolver.
>
>How do I point my zone to look to Qwest for DN Service? Or in MacDNS-speak,
>what is the equivalent of a Parent server in QDNS?
>
>Thanks for any help..
>
>
>Peter Hilts
>Director of Technology
>Manitou Springs School District 14
>Colorado

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