Configure the Asus RT-AC66U Router as a Caching DNS Server with Bind

In this article I am going to walk you through the necessary steps to configure your Asus RT-AC66U as a caching dns server using bind.

RHEL6 – How to Setup a Caching-Only DNS Server

First off lets get this straight, all DNS Servers cache. However, some DNS Servers intended to only provide the caching function. Which is what we are going to configure today. A Caching-only DNS server does not contain zone information or a zone database. Its cache only contains information based on the results of queries that … Continue reading RHEL6 – How to Setup a Caching-Only DNS Server

Bind – Zone File Serial Number Reset

Each and every zone file has a unique serial number and that serial number should increment with each subsequent revision A serial number is traditionally in the format (YYYYMMDDSS) where SS the sequence number. For example, today is 1/21/2011, so the serial number in a zone file modified today would be... 201101210. So lets say … Continue reading Bind – Zone File Serial Number Reset