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SATAN-HHH
Eleet
Joined: 29 Nov 2003
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Location: Texas
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 Posted: Jan 17, 2004 5:39pm Post subject: DNS Pool |
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| ok.. I have everything nice and set for my network.. except this one thing. A dsn pool. This is one thing I haven't ever looked into. Can someone help guide me on what I would need to possibly do? Thanks. |
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Jason
SearchIRC Developer
Joined: 03 May 2003
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Location: Tampa, FL
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2004 5:57pm Post subject: |
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To setup dns for a server name, you add an A record for servername.networkname.com = 123.123.123.123
For a pool (round robin), you do the same, but set up many ips for the one address.
irc.networkname.com = 123.123.123.123
irc.networkname.com = 123.123.123.124
irc.networkname.com = 123.123.123.125
etc. |
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SATAN-HHH
Eleet
Joined: 29 Nov 2003
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2004 6:04pm Post subject: |
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Ok.. but wait.. i actually named main server irc.satan-net.com. Wouldn't I need to not have it named that for dns pool to work. Just making sure... thanks...
btw.. thanks for the help Jason |
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Jason
SearchIRC Developer
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2004 6:06pm Post subject: |
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No, that wouldn't hurt anything.
Basically, whatever IP addresses are in the RR/Pool, the user will randomly connect to them. |
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SATAN-HHH
Eleet
Joined: 29 Nov 2003
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2004 8:53pm Post subject: |
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| Yea. I got it going now. Thanks for everything. |
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U
Eleet
Joined: 18 Jun 2003
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Location: IRC
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| Posted: Jan 18, 2004 11:07am Post subject: |
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If you want it to be truely 'random' you will need a DNS server that supports round robin, and will shift the entries upon each request. Otherwise, the first server in the list will get full, then will send users to the second, etc.
If you want them to spread out, the dns server has to randomly give them out, in a different order each time. mIRC will typically connect to the first IP its given  |
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SATAN-HHH
Eleet
Joined: 29 Nov 2003
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Jan 19, 2004 1:13pm Post subject: |
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| U wrote: | If you want it to be truely 'random' you will need a DNS server that supports round robin, and will shift the entries upon each request. Otherwise, the first server in the list will get full, then will send users to the second, etc.
If you want them to spread out, the dns server has to randomly give them out, in a different order each time. mIRC will typically connect to the first IP its given |
Yea.. it supports round robin, but thanks, I didn't know that. DNS pool was something that was a little new to me. It does seem to be randomizing though for users, as it's now more spread out between the different servers.  Thanks U |
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