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On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, andy t wrote:

> how can i have to 2 ips resolve from one domain name ?
>
> such as yahoo.com:
>
> # host yahoo.com
> yahoo.com has address 216.115.108.245
> yahoo.com has address 216.115.108.243
>
> Thank you.
>

Some hosts have several ips because of backup-servers or servers which are
mirrors...
Rather useful for bigger companies... (or search engines like yahoo)

	Sperber

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