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Date:      Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:58:00 -0700
From:      John Martinez <john@mtbiker.net>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@megadeth.org>
Cc:        "Matthew K. Cowger" <mcowger@bowdoin.edu>, "Derek C." <coffee@blarg.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dns
Message-ID:  <3B5A1708.6DD902FF@mtbiker.net>
References:  <F283KfreeJa2ygErNaw00002ce9@hotmail.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20010721160135.00b1bcb0@mail.blarg.net> <3B5A0F38.7050503@bowdoin.edu> <01ba01c1123f$1d7793a0$de48a93f@shawn>

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Something similar in your zone file:

www.somehost.com.     IN   A       192.168.1.3
www.somehost.com.     IN   A       192.168.1.4
www.somehost.com.     IN   A       192.168.1.5
www.somehost.com.     IN   A       192.168.1.6

This will get you a four address round-robin. See the _DNS_and_BIND_
book, page 259 (3rd edition) for more info.

-john


Shawn Ramsey wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew K. Cowger" <mcowger@bowdoin.edu>
> To: "Derek C." <coffee@blarg.net>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: dns
> 
> > I believe what you are looking for is something called Round Robin DNS.
> >  It is used as a load balancing technique.  I dont really know how to do
> > it, but searching for Round Robin DNS should point you in the right
> > direction..
> >
> 
> I believe all you have to do is define the same named "A" record for however
> many records you want to have.

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