bind configuration issues

2009-10-27 Thread Ray
Hello, I am adding a redundant Internet connection to my current hosting setup and I need to figure out how to set up the DNS to make this work. Current setup: freebsd 7.0 machine, one local IP address, runs web, mail, and name server. static ip address in router. I have two DNS servers registere

bind configuration issues

2009-10-27 Thread Ray
Hello, I am adding a redundant Internet connection to my current hosting setup and I need to figure out how to set up the DNS to make this work. Current setup: freebsd 7.0 machine, one local IP address, runs web, mail, and name server. static ip address in router. I have two DNS servers registere

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Ray Still
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Ray Still wrote: >> Ok, >> tell me just how nuts this idea is. > > imho, your thought-process is not nuts. I can see what you are trying to > do, so kudos given for trying to work it out with what you have. > >> To recap, two pipes, one dest

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Steve Bertrand
Ray Still wrote: > Ok, > tell me just how nuts this idea is. In addition to my other post: I like your mentality of trying to do whatever you can to create redundancy. I've often tried to think of ways to use DNS to make things redundant and resilient. Keep up trying new ways to stretch things

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Steve Bertrand
Ray Still wrote: > Ok, > tell me just how nuts this idea is. imho, your thought-process is not nuts. I can see what you are trying to do, so kudos given for trying to work it out with what you have. > To recap, two pipes, one destination. > I set up second DNS server. > ns1.example.com at 70.65.

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Gary Gatten
How will the client side resolvers know what dns server to use to resolve example.com? - Original Message - From: Gary Gatten To: 'rstil...@gmail.com' ; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Sent: Mon Oct 26 18:24:38 2009 Subject: Re: bind configuration issues Yes, yo

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Gary Gatten
Yes, your missing something. I don't think your solution will work very well. - Original Message - From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Mon Oct 26 18:13:47 2009 Subject: Re: bind configuration issues Ok, tell me just how nuts this id

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Ray Still
-Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Gatten > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 2:07 PM > To: Ray Still; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: bind configuration issues > > I'

RE: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Gary Gatten
r-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Gatten Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 2:07 PM To: Ray Still; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: bind configuration issues I'm not intimate with bind, or anything/one actually - but that's another story... Anyway, the gist is you n

RE: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Gary Gatten
r-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ray Still Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bind configuration issues On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Gary Gatten wrote: > > You certainly don't "need" BGP for this, the DNS thing wil

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Ray Still
> - Original Message - > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > > To: Ray Still > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Mon Oct 26 12:50:56 2009 > Subject: Re: bind configuration issues > > On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Ray Still wrote: > > Hello, &

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Gary Gatten
y Still Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Mon Oct 26 12:50:56 2009 Subject: Re: bind configuration issues On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Ray Still wrote: > Hello, > I am adding a redundant Internet connection to my current hosting > setup and > I need to figure out how to set up

Re: bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Ray Still wrote: Hello, I am adding a redundant Internet connection to my current hosting setup and I need to figure out how to set up the DNS to make this work. The two issues normally aren't related. If both connections are from the same provider, talk to the

bind configuration issues

2009-10-26 Thread Ray Still
Hello, I am adding a redundant Internet connection to my current hosting setup and I need to figure out how to set up the DNS to make this work. Current setup: freebsd 7.0 machine, one local IP address, runs web, mail, and name server. static ip address in router. I have two DNS servers registered,