Search Again: Re: Multiple IP From: Chris Buxton Date: Friday, May 7, 1999 Time: 2:02:00 pm >At 13:59 +0200 on 07-05-1999, Chris Buxton wrote: > > >> >At 12:54 +0200 on 07-05-1999, Chris Buxton wrote: >> > >> >> >Will QNDS listen/reply on multiple IP address, or only the primary? >> >> >> >> Only on the primary. > >> >Will this change in next maintenance update? Multiple IP support would >> >be great... >> >> Not to be negative, but what would you use this for? If you have a >> legitimate need, we'll certainly consider it. My understanding is that it >> would not be a trivial task to add this to QuickDNS Pro. > >To use DNS server and mailserver on same machine, without showing this >to the outside world: one IP for DNS server, one for the mailserver. >If you let QDNS have the primary IP (in TCP/IP control panel), the mailserver >will identify himself as ns.host.com, instead of mailhost.host.com. >The mailserver listens to both IP's (SIMS). >So ideal situation would be: > >Primary IP: resolves to mailhost.host.com and is used by SIMS or EIMS >Secondary IP: resolves to ns.host.com and is used by DNS > >Just a very specific situation that probably is not common... >I know this could be solved with CNAMES, but we did not want to use these >because of reverse records... Wouldn't it be simpler to have the following setup? ns.host.com. A ip.address.of.machine mailhost.host.com. A ip.address.of.machine reversed.ip.address. PTR mailhost.host.com. That way, the mail server sees itself as mailhost.host.com., while QuickDNS Pro doesn't care. No CNAME records are involved. It is true that with this setup, <ns.host.com> resolves to <ip.address.of.machine>, which in turn resolves to <mailhost.host.com>, but that shouldn't be a problem. ________________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com

Messages In This Thread: Multiple IP by Aron S. Spencer on May 6, 1999 at 5:56:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Chris Buxton on May 7, 1999 at 10:54:00 am Re: Multiple IP by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on May 7, 1999 at 11:10:00 am Re: Multiple IP by Chris Buxton on May 7, 1999 at 11:59:00 am Re: Multiple IP by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on May 7, 1999 at 1:22:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Chris Buxton on May 7, 1999 at 2:02:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on May 7, 1999 at 2:29:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Men & Mice Support on May 7, 1999 at 3:20:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Aron S. Spencer on May 8, 1999 at 10:15:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on May 9, 1999 at 1:03:00 pm Re: Multiple IP by Men & Mice Support on May 10, 1999 at 8:15:00 am