Search Again: Re: IP Renumbering Nightmare Coming.... From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Friday, June 13, 2003 Time: 2:08:31 pm On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Len Conrad wrote: > >> We are currently completing the renumbering process, ie., renumbering >> out of over 8,000 IP addresses. Talk about a lot of work, yes it is. >> However there are ways to do things such the you maintain >> reachability and minimal down time. The key is keeping both >> connections/IP ranges up during the change. > > that's the best case, if you can swing it. You can't "not" swing it... You almost absolutely have to. You cannot expect to do it with DNS. However, if you have upscale providers with an inkling of intelligence, they can easily assist in making sure that your IP's remain routed to you, or incoming requests on those IPs are routed to the IP/server of your choice even without the physical connection. INSIST on this! > > Apart the actual typing, the other key DNS param it TTL: coming up to > switch over, make it short, then after the switch, back to normal. DOES NOT WORK! In theory yes. In reality? NO. My previous email describes why. > > aggressive, creative use of $INCLUDE in zone files, and tricks like > shared zones file can greatly reduce the number of records that have > to changed and maintained. > > But that takes foresight, not hindsight. > > But since re-numbering forces you to hit every zone file, that's the > opportunity to use $INCLUDE. > The easiest and most reliable way is to use another box to redirect incoming requests to the old IP address to the new IP address. Again, if this cannot be done by you, it can by your provider and there is no reason they should not be able to do this for you. It'd be great if TTL's worked the way they are supposed to. But when you have a few bad apples out there ignoring the rules, what can you do? We owe it to our customers to insure they stay up! Regards, Jeremy Anthony Kinsey e-mail: jer@mia.net ________________________________________________________ Bella Mia, Inc. www.mia.net 401 Host Drive www.dslone.com Lake Geneva, WI. 53147 www.hostdrive.com Phone: (262)248-6759 www.bella-mia.com Fax: (262)248-6959 www.thednsplace.com

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