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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!io.org!winternet.com!not-for-mail From: kbrint@winternet.com (Kevin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help: Hardware and software questions Date: 10 Nov 1995 16:45:01 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Lines: 23 Message-ID: <47vvid$jen@blackice.winternet.com> References: <478906$sak@mail.Rogers.Com> NNTP-Posting-Host: icicle.winternet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Benjamin Lau (blau@mail.rogers.com) wrote: > 1. Is there anything out there that runs a round-robin DNS on FreeBSD? > eg. I'd like to run a DNS that gives out a series of IP addresses, one > after another, to a specific host name each time it is queried by a > client. I remembered I saw something like that but couldn't find it > again. Can someone point me to the right direction. Bind will work just fine. > 3. Would you rather to have a fast PCI SCSI controller than a PCI > Ethernet card? Which option would give me better performance? if I > have only 1 PCI slot left? Unless you're on 100 Mbit network, there is no need to have a pci ethernet card. A regular ISA card should be able to keep up just fine with a 10Mbit network. Go for the PCI SCSI. -kevin- kbrint@winternet.com http://www.winternet.com/~kbrint/ winternet staff - email for info