Search Again: Re: more on reverse From: Chris Buxton Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 Time: 8:56:00 am >Sorry to post more on this, you may respond to me in private to keep the >list clean from a new reverse thread. > > >Having been aware for some time that my subnet was not delegated to me, thus >making it impossible for me to setup reverse records, I finally decided to >do something about it. > >Contacting my ISP to ask them for help they told me that it is not possible >to do delegate subnets, but that I could read 'RFC 2317'. > >Ok, did that and I now know everything about classless in-addr.arpa >delegation :-) Since it seems that it's possible I can't understand why they >said it's not and then asked me to read about how it is done ... Sounds kinda silly. >So before I contact them again, which would be the best way to get my >records to resolve: > >- To ask my ISP to enter reverse records for me in their zone file, and in >that case what exactly do I ask/tell them to do? Ask them to enter reverse records for every IP they've given you, and give them the names you want the addresses to resolve to. >or > >- To ask them do delegate the subnet to me which, being no techie, seems a >bit complicated, or? It is a bit complicated. However, it can be greatly simplified through the use of copy and paste. This also gives you the ability to (a) add new hosts to your network (if you're not using all your addresses yet), and (b) rename a host, all without bothering your ISP about it. Which of these methods you choose is entirely up to you to decide, based on your relationship with your ISP. If they're not easy to deal with, I'd suggest getting them to delegate a classless subnet to you, so you don't have to go through a big hassle anytime you want to make a change. My 2¢. ________________________________ Chris Buxton Internet and Database Consultant

Messages In This Thread: more on reverse by Petrus on Apr 23, 1999 at 7:59:00 am Re: more on reverse by Chris Buxton on Apr 23, 1999 at 8:56:00 am