Nameserver both on the same machine?

PLEASE HELP! Heres my question. I have a dell 1750 server. It has 2 nic card built in. I'm currently only using 1.

I want to configure it for a nameserver.

There are usually 2 nameservers(primary and secondary). Instead of getting 2 computers, can I just have that one server using 2 nics on the same computer running both the primary and secondary nameserver?

They will have their own static IP address.

I haven't heard of anyone doing it this way. Just wanted to make sure it will work before I start configuring it.

Please advise.

 

That should work. In this case you'd have a master only that is listening on two public IP addresses but appears to the outside world as two separate servers.
But it is possible that some registrars refuse to accept name servers if they appear to be from the same subnet.

 

Okay, that makes sense. I'll try it to see if it works.

thanks for the help.

 

One more quick question. In regards to the subnet mask, you mentioned that some registars refuse to accept servers from the same subnet mask. So that means that even though I have 2 seperate servers with different static IP, one may not be accepted because they are in the same subnet mask.

To get around it, I would have to get another service from my ISP with a different subnet mask.

Just curious. I'm sticking with my first setup to see if it works.

Thanks,

Paul

 

Yes, you'd need to get an IP from a different subnet.