Search Again: Re: Reverse DNS HOW? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 Time: 9:40:48 pm At 8:41 AM -0700 5/8/01, Paul Didzerekis wrote: >Hello, > >We just switched upstream providers from a local company to UUNet >and they were supposed to delegate the reverse DNS to us so that we >can have control over it. > >What I need to know is: > >How to I check to see if the delegation has been done? Query their server. DNS Expert's query tool is great for this. >I think I figured this out. Just start at the root servers and work >my way up from there. That is correct. >They have done it but now they need to fix >the NS servers they have delegated it to so that they are spelled >correctly and include our secondary as well as our primary. > >How do I set up things on our end? > >Our new IP Range is 63.95.200.0 - 63.95.200.127 Three steps: - Open your existing reverse zone named "200.95.63.in-addr.arpa.". Export it (from the File menu). - Import the file you just exported, but with a different zone name - add a "0." to the front to create "0.200.95.63.in-addr.arpa.". - Delete the zone named "200.95.63.in-addr.arpa.". The PTR records in the new version will have names like "1.0.200.95.63.in-addr.arpa.". This looks odd, because it appears to have 5 octets, but it is in fact correct. The reason for this particular syntax is because that's how UUNet has set things up. It's pretty much arbitrary, and the choice was up to them. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy!

Messages In This Thread: Reverse DNS HOW? by Paul Didzerekis on May 8, 2001 at 8:42:18 am Re: Reverse DNS HOW? by Men & Mice Support on May 8, 2001 at 9:40:48 pm