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updated: 4/10/98

MacDNS Up & Running
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Information Required for Setup

Before setting up MacDNS, have the following information available:

Data

Description

Example

Domain Name

This would be the name you registered for your organization.

In our examples, we'll use "acme.com"

IP addresses

For each permanent host that you wish to enter into the DNS database, you'll need their static IP address.

192.10.10.2

This is my primary server, which runs AppleShare IP (a web server and ftp server); it will also be running MacDNS

192.10.10.3

This is my mail server.

Parent Name Server

This will be the name server used to resolve any name that my own MacDNS server doesn't have listed, i.e, any name outside of my acme.com domain. Typically, the parent name server would be one maintained by your ISP (possibly unix-based).

My ISP's name server is ns.myisp.net, or 192.10.20.2

Names for your hosts

This will be the name of the hosts within the domain.

I want my AppleShare IP server to be called "asip.acme.com", with aliases of "www.acme.com" and "ftp.acme.com". I'll call my mail server "mail.acme.com"

Secondary Servers

If you have another DNS server that will act as a backup, or secondary server to this one, you'll need its name and static IP address.

Secondary servers are optional; in this example, we won't be using one.

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Installation

Before installation

Before you install MacDNS, configure your TCP/IP control panel with the server's static IP address, subnet mask, and router information.

For the name server entries, enter that machine's own IP address first (this will allow other services running on this machine to do lookups locally, instead of going to the parent name server). Then include the IP address of the Parent Name server, and other name server addresses, if you have them. Because name resolution queries will be sent to the name servers in the order they're listed, its wise to put the closest and/or most reliable name server first in the list.

How to Install

MacDNS is an application; the software package includes no special extensions.

If you've already installed AppleShare IP on your server, MacDNS may have been installed along with it. Check the AppleShare IP folder on the startup volume for the MacDNS folder.

Otherwise, you can install MacDNS by simply dragging the MacDNS folder to your hard disk
and placing it in a convenient location.

IMPORTANT: Because the MacDNS application must be running in order to provide services, create an alias to the application and place it in the Startup Items folder of your hard drive's System Folder. (If running Vicom Internet Gateway on the same machine, rename the Vicom Internet Gateway alias so that it comes first alphabetically. See the Vicom Internet Gateway documentation, or TIL article #24296, for details.)

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