Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:25:30 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bind and multiple a records Message-ID: <C072E4BA.CFE8%ceri@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <DBFE4F9D-650D-45AF-A4DD-434FC29EC02F@shire.net>
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On 23/4/06 07:24, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> wrote:
> On FreeBSD 6.0 with bind9, if I define a host to have multiple A
> records, such that some IP addresses are listed more than once, for
> example:
>
> .
> .
> .
> www 600 IN A 192.168.1.1
> 600 IN A 192.168.1.2
> 600 IN A 192.168.1.1
> .
> .
> .
>
>
> Will those addresses listed more than once show up more often as the
> "answer" to name server requests (or more often as the first address
> since it lists all addresses in response alternating the order)??
If it doesn't you could cheat thusly:
www IN CNAME www1
IN CNAME www2
IN CNAME www3
www1 IN A 192.168.1.1
www2 IN A 192.168.1.1
www3 IN A 192.168.1.2
It would still be a crappy solution though :)
Ceri
--
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-- Moliere
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