[MLB-WIRELESS] DNS and Locfinder

[Robert Tchia]

Another option would be to ask Jamie Lovick to delegate melb.cw.net.au
to MW. That way we can have node.melb.cw.net.au

Just a thought.

Cheers
Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au [mailto:owner-
> melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Craig Sanders
> Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2002 4:24 PM
> To: Tom Parker
> Cc: MelbWireless
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] DNS and Locfinder
> 
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 07:12:36PM +1100, Tom Parker wrote:
> > Has anyone suggested autogenerating some kind of DNS entries for
nodes
> > from the database.  I would say it won't be that long before we get
> > sick of referring to nodes by IP addresses and want to use DNS.
> > Something like nodefmp.melbourne.wireless.org.au or should we get
> > melbwireless.org and go for nodefmp.melbwireless.org (melbwireless.*
> > is available)?  It could be public or private DNS.  I think public
> > would be better since that would allow resolution using the internet
> > when an internal server might not be accessible to all nodes for a
> > while.
> 
> i own the "vic.asn.au" domain (*) and was thinking of giving hostnames
> and/or subdomains in "wireless.vic.asn.au" to any melbourne wireless
> members who wanted them.
> 
> i haven't decided yet whether to bother setting up a dyndns service
for
> this or not.  it'd be less maintainence for me, but i personally don't
> like dynamic dns (i think it's an ugly kludge).
> 
> for now, if anyone wants a hostname or subdomain, email me with the
> details (name, A, MX, and/or NS records etc) and i'll set it up.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> (*) i registered vic.asn.au last year when asn.au and org.au went
> commercial, in order to provide free domain registrations for
victorian
> community groups.  most can barely afford a dialup or web hosting, so
> saving $88/2 years for domain registration is very useful.
> 
> craig
> 
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> craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>
> 
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