Can I run a name server behind a fractional T1?

Answered Tue, 4 Dec 2001

> Hello Cricket, recently i was having an enlightening
> conversation w/ the tech admin 4 a regional isp. i'm
> not going to mention any names (texas.net).
>
> me: if i get a fractional t1 (or incremental) can i
> run named?
> tech admin: no.
> me: why?
> tech admin: because residential requires more bandwith
> and so we can't allow u to run named.
> me: oh.
> What technical merit can be gleaned from the tech's
> statement? why does residential require more bandwith?
> because of named? houses r made of wood? i have missed
> something here. 0-fer.

I don't know what he's talking about. Running named on
the end of a fractional T1 works fine--we used to do it
at HP all the time before bandwidth became cheap. And
I can't imagine that running named would generate much
more traffic than just running a resolver, unless you
were hosting some very popular zones.

cricket