Mark, Someone sent me the following link:
http://sysadmin.oreilly.com/news/views_0501.html I would think that one could create a view for UIXP where by you would list the networks that you expect to get from the UIXP. Of course this could get quite tedious if there are 1000 + different networks... Regards CN "Mark Tinka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/28/03 03:09 PM Please respond to mtinka To: Christopher Nambale/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Members/Site Access [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mark, > > Isn't there a way of 'rigging' DNS servers to answer queries based > on the requesting source's IP address. I think this would be a more > elegant solution to the location issue though I do not know how > involving and scalable it would be. > > CN Chris, I believe the immediate would be round-robining. But that wouldn't be what we are looking for. I believe it's possible to build some techniques that can handle this at the DNS level, but since the Internet has no boundaries, aside from specifically having knowledge of all networks in a community, how do you tell DNS [and all the world's DNS servers] that X ISP's address space is in Beirut and not China? The guys at Akamai do some good stuff for Yahoo!, but it's more like load balancing than path choice. But, I believe there is a solution for it, no doubt. What I have seen on several websites with global presence, [automobile sites, e.t.c], access is divided across regions and/or countries. If anyone else has any other ideas, we'd appreciate them Regards, Mark Tinka - CCNA Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda
