Hi Tim,

AFAIK, multiple A records are the only way to return multiple IPs for
a given FQDN.  there are multiple A records for a given name, BIND
will return all of those records -- it'll return all the IPs.  It's up
to the client in question to decide how to use that information.

John

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Tim Daneliuk <tun...@tundraware.com> wrote:
> In the dark and dusty reaches of my elderly DNS experience, ISTR a way to
> set up A records so that the request to resolve a name returns a *list
> of associated IPs*.  This is distinct from DNS RR (I think?) which
> simply returns a different *single* IP for each call (I may well be wrong).
>
> Can some kind soul point me to a relevant explanation of how to do the
> hostname -> multiple IP mapping?
>
> Thanks,
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