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| Anybody have any Easy to understand DNS training guides? I'm a slow learner  so I need some very beginner level information on how DNS works, how it is used ect. My reasoning is that I want to really understand it for the future, so I want to start with the basics of it. Anybody know what I mean? All my tech books I have just sort of throw it at you like you should have a sort of background on it already which I do but I would like to start form scratch sort of too.
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| sandy7000 2004-11-11, 11:28 am |
| I haven't had time to look over yours, John. Do they emphasize BIND or Server 2003?
Someone told me the difference w/ 2K3 is due to active dir. integrated zones. Also DNS is held in AD versus flat files of BIND.
However, I've not found any free ( ) articles yet that compare & contrast the two. I suppose I should just bite the bullet & buy this book: http://www.rallenhome.com/books/dns...book_index.html | |
| curiousgeorge 2004-11-11, 4:39 pm |
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| sandy7000 2004-11-11, 7:02 pm |
| Well, I found that when I understood some basics of subnetting, I could launch into DNS feeling more confident. One builds on the other in my book.
Here's a blurb from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dns5.htm
"Once a name server resolves a request, it caches all of the IP addresses it receives. Once it has made a request to a root server for any COM domain, it knows the IP address for a name server handling the COM domain, so it doesn't have to bug the root servers again for that information. Name servers can do this for every request, and this caching helps to keep things from bogging down.
Name servers do not cache forever, though. The caching has a component, called the Time To Live (TTL), that controls how long a server will cache a piece of information. When the server receives an IP address, it receives the TTL with it. The name server will cache the IP address for that period of time (ranging from minutes to days) and then discard it."
Learning how subnetting happens gave me background for understanding that about DNS/name servers. IP addresses do happen to be a part of DNS, if I remember correctly.
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| sandy7000 2004-11-12, 1:31 am |
| Where I've found subnetting useful is in process of elimination. RedStar had posted a practice quiz question regarding HOST, LMHOST & DNS w/ WINS not enabled.
By understanding local vs. remote, I was better able to understand the significance of why HOST was in there more than simply by knowing its definition.
Either way, each person has to do what's best for his/her learning process. I tend to be one that likes the added hues of subnetting alongside of DNS. That's just me, though.
I've only linked Freak's guides because I need brevity of explanation and frequent breaks when learning at first. His are helpful in that regard.
By the way, I have many days I feel very overwhelmed & not clever at all. For every 100 things I learn in IT, 1000 come behind them to show me I know very little. This is a humbling field! | |
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| hey waldo. what do you care where I get my information? weather I pay for it or not that's up to me, or who's ever site I get it from.
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| hey pal, it's my thread, and your jumping all over people that are trying to help me. freaken troll. you want my avatar? | |
| sandy7000 2004-11-12, 12:11 pm |
| It looks like a thumbs up to me!
...BTW, all those links, but the book are completely free. | |
| Supertech 2004-11-12, 1:38 pm |
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It looks like a thumbs up to me!
It is a thumbs up. Waldo is really a sweet guy, just misunderstood.  | |
| enforcer 2004-11-15, 8:35 am |
| I have had to edit out many posts and comments from this thread, due to personal attcks about other members of this forum.
There is no need for such attacks, if you are the sort of person who cannot refrain from such posts then please find another forum that allows such things.
If a user when giving help only ever links to their own site or just one site continously then that may be looked into as spam. However if a user tries to help another user by giving them a choice of links then I think that is more than fair and helpful. | |
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| Ha, good job enforcer. I appologize for violating policy, but you know... | |
| curiousgeorge 2004-11-15, 11:38 am |
| notice the links by enforcer in his sig then you'll understand why he edited. | |
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| who cares who links anybody to anything. | |
| enforcer 2004-11-15, 12:03 pm |
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Originally posted by curiousgeorge
notice the links by enforcer in his sig then you'll understand why he edited.
That's right.
Examnotes
Soccer at PatriotsWeekly
iCertify Forum
EZCertification Forum
MP3CAR
BMW Car Mag
6 different forums listed, including this one. Which is reciprocated on most forums I am a member/moderator of.
You should stop looking for reasons other than the forum rules, abide by them and posts won't be edited. | |
| sandy7000 2004-11-15, 4:47 pm |
| I still think it looks like a thumbs up...
Keep on trucking, dude. | |
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| You should change your sig line from:
The words you will see most in the ExamNotes CCNA forum are:
"edited by moderator"
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The post you'll see most often from WaldoIsHere is: 
Come on, I know you've got another one in ya. Don't disappoint. | |
| ananth 2004-11-15, 11:19 pm |
| Hello Face,
I preassume that you have win2000 professional installed.Apart from the options given by the other guys in this group going to help menu in win2000 prof and knowing about DNS is also a good solution.
As we are well aware win2000 is DNS Concept based you will get sufficient depth in understanding DNS from help menu.
Regards
Ananth | |
| sandy7000 2004-11-15, 11:55 pm |
| That's a very good option, Ananth. The help library in the OS is a great place to start. I forgot about that.
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<-----The "other one" is located underneath my name to the left. And contrary to sandy7000's belief, it is not a thumb's up.
I thought you were telling me that I'm #1. Thanks, you made my day.
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| enforcer 2004-11-16, 12:06 pm |
| seeing as this is going off topic and is being continually used for user insult and baiting I will close it down.
Please take any differences you have with people away from here.
Thanks
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Originally posted by WaldoIsHere
This is for you, Spid...
Never one to disappoint I see.
I knew you had another one in ya. Good job Waldo! Well, at least you are consistent, and were able to put to complete sentences together expressing a concern. Outstanding effort! |
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