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 <[email protected]> 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, > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk [email protected] > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- John Miller Systems Engineer Brandeis University [email protected] (781) 736-4619 _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
