DNS Caching
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Nov 2001
Q.
When implementing Dynamic Naming Service (DNS) on a NetWare 5.x server, we need to include a cache-only server before going to the DNS server that accesses the Internet for DNS resolution. See http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nw5/usnds/dhcp_enu/data/hz6yi7mh.html#fb32572 for more information.
Windows 2000 seems to do this automatically, without the need of extra hardware. What's the situation in NetWare 6? Also, when we unload the NAMED.NLM, do we loose the Name cache? Is there a way we can save it?
Crunched with Caching in Chunchon
A.
Dear Crunched: This service is available in NetWare 5.x and hence also in NetWare 6.0 as well. Simply configure the DNS server as a forwarder and configure the IP address to forward to. All forwarded responses are automatically cached, however the cache is purged when NAMED NLM is unloaded.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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