[MLB-WIRELESS] DNS......READ THIS!

[John McClumpha]

Hi Ryan,

thanks for the info - I was unaware of such a system already in place.

My only thought is that the naming convention is very specific to 
*melbourne*wireless - at present this doesn't matter - however if (when) 
melb wireless manages to spread its wings and connect with one of the 
interstate networks things may be a little different. I would have 
though a more generic, national naming convention would be the best option?

keep in mind I am simply sharing my thoughgts on this - I am unaware of 
the history of this to date (as, it would seem, are many others).

Has this naming convention been set in stone by the committee or is it 
just one that has got "off the ground"?

john
node INQ


Ryan Abbenhuys wrote:
> Here we go again...
> 
> Some people have bad memory and someone on the current committee needs to
> document this somewhere obvious.
> 
> Currently if you would like a DNS name drop an email to the committee list
> with the IP and node ID.
> 
> The committee will then pass the details to the kind person who runs
> www.mwnode.com
> 
> They will map nodename.mwnode.com to whatever melbwireless IP address you
> are using.
> For example try pinging "aaf.mwnode.com" and you will see it resolves to
> 10.10.128.1 which is my IP.  Of course you can't get a reply unless you are
> connected to a section of the wireless network that is connected to me.
> 
> As 99% of people have an Internet connection many of which are permenant
> they can simply use their ISP's DNS server to resolve Node IP addresses
> meaning they next to no extra config.
> 
> For those who don't have Internet access a kind soul in the area on the
> wireless network who also has a permenant internet connection can run a
> simple DNS server that looks up Internet DNS servers.  I believe most if not
> all DNS servers do this as default and require no configuration to get to
> this point.
> 
> You can see on www.mwnode.com all of the nodes that currently have DNS
> entries.
> 
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