Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:19:30 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: David Dawes <dawes@Physics.usyd.edu.au>, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: loopback and multicast messed up on /etc/sysconfig ? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951214131759.5727C-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9512141527.AA15091@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Garrett A. Wollman wrote: > <<On Thu, 14 Dec 1995 16:05:19 +1100 (EST), David Dawes <dawes@Physics.usyd.edu.au> said: > > > In named.boot I have: > > > primary 0.0.224.IN-ADDR.ARPA multicast.rev > > > and multicast.rev has the following in addition to the SOA, and NS > > records: > > > 0 IN PTR multicast.<mydomain>. > > > I haven't had any problems since doing this. > > This is broken. There is a real primary for 224.IN-ADDR.ARPA. (unlike > 127.IN-ADDR.ARPA.), and there are a number of entries in that zone. OK, if it's broken, could you suggest an alternative, please? I have a _private_ unconnected net, and I'd love to stop getting that startup delay from an inability of my private nameserver to locate 224. > > -GAWollman > > -- > Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... > wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. > Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people > MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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