From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Dec 16 13:15: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.popsite.net (smtp.popsite.net [216.126.128.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA00437B419 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:15:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobaloney.net (c5T2-131.015.popsite.net [216.126.188.131]) by smtp.popsite.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4467E5086C for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 15:14:52 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3C1D0EF1.783B48AD@nobaloney.net> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:15:29 -0800 From: Jeff Lasman Organization: nobaloney.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using DNAT and DNS round-robin References: <196254713265.20011209213749@hostonfly.com> <3C1C270F.164076BA@nobaloney.net> <20011216002028.A1264@leaf.lumiere.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Derrick John Klise wrote: > IIRC, something like: > > monkey.example.net IN A 192.168.0.1 > IN A 192.168.0.2 > IN A 192.168.0.3 Thanks. Finally found it on page 259 of DNS and Bind. > > Is there a way to handle high-availability strictly in DNS? > > Possibly; I'm unaware of one if there is, though. > > If you're not too worried about the TTL problem, you could set up a monitoring > program to remove an entry from the rotation if it's corresponding address > becomes unavailable, then add it when it comes back up. That's exactly what we're planning on. Along with very low TTL. Won't help with AOL, Earthlink, etc., though . Jeff -- Jeff Lasman Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting nobaloney.net P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA 92517 voice: (909) 778-9980 * fax: (702) 548-9484 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message