Richard, thanks for your reply. I must have missed the section about how 'most' software doesn't support SRV (http://dns.vanrein.org/srv/tools/).. It seems like an incredible idea to me however, are there any alternatives you could suggest? I'm after some kind of software load balancing / fault tolerance..
thanks, ~august * Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |__ Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 06:42:58PM -0700: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, August MacBeth wrote: > > > server# host ftp3.domain.net > > server# telnet ftp3.domain.net 21 > > telnet: could not resolve ftp3.domain.net/21: No address associated with > > hostname > > server# > > > > I've tried changing around the format of the RR, but nothing seems to > > have an effect.. > > > > here's an example of my current setup: > > [...] > > host1 A 12.123.12.15 > > ftp CNAME host1 > > ftp2 A 12.123.12.14 > > > > _ftp._tcp.ftp3 SRV 1 0 21 ftp > > _ftp._tcp.ftp3 SRV 2 0 21 ftp2 > > hrm, is the final '.ftp3' required ? Mine don't have it (but I don't > have a client that supports SRV either). > > Does your client surely know about SRV records ? > > -- > Rick Nelson > But what can you do with it? -- ubiquitous cry from Linux-user partner. > (Submitted by Andy Pearce, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- August MacBeth Systems Administrator HiP Design 824 N. Victory Blvd Suite 2A Burbank, CA 91502 http://www.hipdesign.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
