Search Again: Re: Multiple IP From: Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) Date: Friday, May 7, 1999 Time: 2:29:00 pm At 16:02 +0200 on 07-05-1999, Chris Buxton wrote: > >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. So just use 2 A records for the same IP... hmm, looks like this could solve that indeed... We do it all the time for virtual hosting (with Firesite VDM). Thnx for you insights.... J.

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