Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY | reply to ltm320
Re: [TWC]Treewalk-What a difference! DNS slow? Solved!
How do you use this program with a router and two computers on your home network ? |
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ltm320
join:2002-02-24
Milwaukee, WI
| I am doing just that.
Install Treewalk on the PC that is going to be turned ON most of the time, if not all of the time.
On the other PC, add the IP address of the Treewalk-pc at the top of the DNS server list in your tcp/ip configuration. |
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Racerbob
join:2001-06-24
Webster, NY | And in my Netgear router, leave "Get Automatically From ISP checked" ? |
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Tom Mc
join:2004-06-17
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Re: [TWC]Treewalk-What a difference! DNS slow? Sol
said by ltm320  :I am doing just that. Install Treewalk on the PC that is going to be turned ON most of the time, if not all of the time. On the other PC, add the IP address of the Treewalk-pc at the top of the DNS server list in your tcp/ip configuration. Does this require file sharing on the machine running Treewalk?
I'm guessing it may require reducing the security setting for the Trusted Zone in the software firewall (I use EZ Armor)?
Can each machine on the home network run Treewalk for itself? |
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ltm320
join:2002-02-24
Milwaukee, WI
| No it does NOT require file sharing, if being used on 1 PC.
I didn't have to tweak my firewall at all, actually. Not exactly sure what ports you'd have to open from one machine to another. Typically, I put all my internal PCs in the trusted group, so they don't have restrictions talking to eachother.
Can each machine run Treewalk itself? Sure. Just install it on each one. But give the 1 pc server one a try first, and see if you can get that to work. |
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Tom Mc
join:2004-06-17
| said by ltm320 :No it does NOT require file sharing, if being used on 1 PC. I didn't have to tweak my firewall at all, actually. Not exactly sure what ports you'd have to open from one machine to another. Typically, I put all my internal PCs in the trusted group, so they don't have restrictions talking to eachother. Can each machine run Treewalk itself? Sure. Just install it on each one. But give the 1 pc server one a try first, and see if you can get that to work. Thanks for the response.
My question about whether file sharing is needed, was in regards to sharing Treewalk with other PCs here at my home.
My concern about reducing the firewall settings in the Trusted Zone (as well as file sharing) is because if I installed and shared Treewalk, it would probably be from my laptop. Since I travel with my laptop and access "public" wireless networks occassionally, I wouldn't want my laptop with less secure settings. I keep even my Trusted Zone set as high as possible (Stealth mode - no sharing allowed). |
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ltm320
join:2002-02-24
Milwaukee, WI
| said by ltm320 :My question about whether file sharing is needed, was in regards to sharing Treewalk with other PCs here at my home. My concern about reducing the firewall settings in the Trusted Zone (as well as file sharing) is because if I installed and shared Treewalk, it would probably be from my laptop. Since I travel with my laptop and access "public" wireless networks occassionally, I wouldn't want my laptop with less secure settings. I keep even my Trusted Zone set as high as possible (Stealth mode - no sharing allowed). Yes, and my answer, that you don't need file sharing, was exactly answering your question, if that wasn't clear. You don't need it.
I understand you don't want to lower your trusted zone settings. If I were you, I'd just poke a hole in it for port 53, UDP both directions. That should do it. I'd also define your trusted zone as only the few PCs on your home network, which may be totally different than the IPs you get on other public hotspots, thru their DHCP. |
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Tom Mc
join:2004-06-17
| said by ltm320 : Yes, and my answer, that you don't need file sharing, was exactly answering your question, if that wasn't clear. You don't need it. I understand you don't want to lower your trusted zone settings. If I were you, I'd just poke a hole in it for port 53, UDP both directions. That should do it. I'd also define your trusted zone as only the few PCs on your home network, which may be totally different than the IPs you get on other public hotspots, thru their DHCP. Thanks again.
I had mistakenly interpreted "if being used on 1 PC" as meaning the DNS service being accessed by only one machine. |
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Jolt927
join:2001-11-30
Columbus, OH
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said by Racerbob :And in my Netgear router, leave "Get Automatically From ISP checked" ? I have pretty much the same question. We have 3 comptuers networked on a linksys router. I want to use TreeWalk DNS servers on all of them. If I understand correctly, I need to install TreeWalk on the computer that is turned on the most, and then point the other computers' DNS to the TreeWalk computer's IP (in my case, 192.168.1.100). However, what do I need to do to my router? Do I need to change any settings? |
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ltm320
join:2002-02-24
Milwaukee, WI
| I've tinkered around with my router (dlink) to answer your question. Indeed, I could change my router's DNS entry to point at my Treewalk PC, however, when I renewed my address info, the PC grabbed the router as DNS. -- I believe, although I'm not sure, that the router would then pass DNS requests to my Treewalk server, but that would mean a second hop.
So, my suggestion to you, and anyone else with a router DNS question .. leave the router alone, and only mess with the PC's config.
Configure each PC by going into network properties and manually configging the DNS entrys, unchecking "get from DHCP", and have each PC have the Treewalk pc's IP at the top of the DNS list. |
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