Search Again: Re: Subnet Mask Question From: Pat McCormick Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 Time: 11:17:00 pm So if he sets up QDNS records for IPs outside the domain range he's authoritative for, those requests never reach his QDNS because they're routed somewhere else? > Actually this is a function of a router, not DNS. DNS doesn't know about > subnets nor should it. Your router should determine what address space is > routed to him, either above or below the 128. Then with DNS you > decide what > to give him authority over. No authority means no good look ups. > > Bennie > >I have a customer with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.128 His > current Internic > >domain lists a primary NS at xxx.xxx.xxx.130 and it works. > > > >His QuickDNS data includes addresses both above and below .128 He has > >machines currently addressed both above and below xxx.xxx.xxx.128. I > >thought that this mask restricted available addresses to either > those above > >or below 128 (I can't remember which). > > > >What address range should he be using with his mask? What happens to > >addresses within the same class C, but on 'the other side' of the mask? > > > >-Pat

Messages In This Thread: Subnet Mask Question by Pat McCormick on Aug 23, 1998 at 3:57:00 pm Re: Subnet Mask Question by Bennie Warren on Aug 23, 1998 at 10:24:00 pm Re: Subnet Mask Question by Pat McCormick on Aug 23, 1998 at 11:17:00 pm Re: Subnet Mask Question by Chris Buxton on Aug 26, 1998 at 10:26:00 am