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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please - Spoil the Ending!
Date: 31 Dec 1995 14:34:02 GMT
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Doug Lerner <doug@gol.com> writes:

> My question, simply put, is can I handle both domain names easily out of 
> the one FreeBSD box? 

Of course.  From BIND's view, two domain names are simply two DNS
zones, so all you need is two zone files (plus a third one for the
reverse mapping).

> Do I need to split my Class C in two parts? Is there any reason why one 
> network can't have two domain names with different IP addresses 
> belonging to different domain names arbitrarily? Is there any problem 
> with both domain names using the same gateway router?

There is no reason for this (at least, no technical).

-- 
cheers, J"org

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