> I'm using dynamicDNS, so I will able to specify the forward *AND* > reverse lookups?
Yes. Forward DNS lookup: (alrw17.desktops.cs.ait.ac.th is dynamic DNS) banyan<on>57: dig alrw17.desktops.cs.ait.ac.th ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> alrw17.desktops.cs.ait.ac.th ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 15772 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;alrw17.desktops.cs.ait.ac.th. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: alrw17.desktops.cs.ait.ac.th. 3600 IN A 192.41.170.214 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: desktops.cs.ait.ac.th. 43200 IN NS dns.cs.ait.ac.th. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: dns.cs.ait.ac.th. 43200 IN A 192.41.170.15 ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 192.41.170.15#53(192.41.170.15) ;; WHEN: Fri Jul 13 12:35:23 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96 Reverse DNS lookup: banyan<on>58: dig -x 192.41.170.214 ; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> -x 192.41.170.214 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14984 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;214.170.41.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; ANSWER SECTION: 214.170.41.192.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN CNAME 214.170.41.192.rev-dns.cs.ait.ac .th. 214.170.41.192.rev-dns.cs.ait.ac.th. 3600 IN PTR alrw17.desktops.cs.ait.ac.th. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 170.41.192.rev-dns.cs.ait.ac.th. 43200 IN NS dns.cs.ait.ac.th. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: dns.cs.ait.ac.th. 43200 IN A 192.41.170.15 ;; Query time: 9 msec ;; SERVER: 192.41.170.15#53(192.41.170.15) ;; WHEN: Fri Jul 13 12:35:31 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 158 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"