RouterOS as DNS Server

RouterOS General
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Does RouterOs works as DNS Server??
I dont want have linux here anymore !!!
But DNS server is need …

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it will act as a DNS cache http://www.mikrotik.com/docs/ros/2.9/ip/dnscache

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You can also enter static A records.

It all depends on what you need DNS to do.

Regards

Andrew

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mikrotik dns’s is dns client and name caching only.

NO A,CNAME,NS records will spread to the world, If I’m correct! :stuck_out_tongue:

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/ip dns static allows you to add static A records. This is rather more than just name caching.

Regards

Andrew

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Yeah, well, it’s more like adding static entries to the cache. RouterOS does not implement enough of DNS to allow it to be an authorative server for a zone. It can only act as a (caching) resolver. But that’s enough in my book, a router is a router and a DNS server is something else.

–Tom

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a router is a router and a DNS server is something else.

Agreed. I use the static A records to point to a few internal boxes, nothing more.

Regards

Andrew

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well if you want to use easy dns management, just try free dns service laying on the internet, like zoneedit, freedns, etc. :smiley: