Search Again: Re: RFC From: Chuck Rice Date: Wednesday, November 4, 1998 Time: 2:34:00 am I need to do the same thing, and I was looking at your example but I could not figure where the 192 came from. Should that have been 231? -Chuck- At 08:56 PM -0500 1998/10/21, Mia's Virtual Post Office wrote: > Kirk Samuelson said on 10/21/98 7:59 PM > > >Hi everyone. I both missed the 6/11 post on this subject AND am needing > >information regarding this from the colo-ee's point of view. How do I set up > >reverse domains for my servers on an IP block? > > > > Lets say your IP range that your ISP delegated to you is from > 209.xxx.xx.231 to 209.xxx.xx.254 (24 block) > > Your ISP would have created a subdomain off of their network called > 0/24.192.xx.xxx.209.in-addr.arpa <This subnet example has two NS records:> > > NS isp.dns-server.com (your ISP's name server) > NS ns1.you.com (your name server) > > You will need to create a domain file called > "0/24.192.xx.xx.209.in-addr-arpa." on your server with the appropriate > PTR records for the subnet. > > 231.0/24.192.xx.xxx.209.in-addr.arpa. PTR real.name.com. > 232.0/24.192.xx.xxx.209.in-addr.arpa. PTR real.name.com. > 233.0/24.192.xx.xxx.209.in-addr.arpa. PTR real.name.com. > . > . > . > . > . > 254.0/24.192.xx.xxx.209.in-addr.arpa. PTR real.name.com. > > Make sure your ISP sets up their name server to act as secondary for this > subnet > 0/24.192.xx.xxx.209.in-addr.arpa with the IP address of your name server > ns1.you.com being 206.xxx.xx.231 > > Of course this is an example of IPs delegated off of a LAN. Your ISP more > than likely will give you an IP on their LAN for the server and then > delgate a /16 or whatever to that IP. However the example above should > apply. > > Beyond this, if your ISP/colo shop is adept enough, they should give you > the info you need to do this. > > Hope this helps.. > > > > Regards, > Jeremy Kinsey > WebMaster > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Mia.Net Maria's Internet Access > www.mia.net > Bella Mia, Inc. > N6015 Lyons Road e-mail: webmaster@mia.net > Burlington, WI. 53105 Phone: (414)763-5420 Fax: (414)763-5421 > ________________________________________________________________________ > Full Service Dial-In Internet Access > > Server CoLocation starts at only $150 per month! http://colocation.mia.net __________________________________________________________________________ Chuck Rice <mailto:Chuck@WildRice.com>

Messages In This Thread: RFC by Michael McDonnell on Oct 20, 1998 at 1:24:00 pm Re: RFC by Chris Buxton on Oct 21, 1998 at 5:26:00 am Re: RFC by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Oct 21, 1998 at 4:01:00 pm Re: RFC by Kirk Samuelson on Oct 22, 1998 at 12:59:00 am Re: RFC by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Oct 22, 1998 at 1:56:00 am Re: RFC by Chuck Rice on Nov 4, 1998 at 2:34:00 am Re: RFC by Kirk Samuelson on Nov 4, 1998 at 3:39:00 am Re: RFC by Michael McDonnell on Nov 4, 1998 at 1:28:00 pm