Hi,
Working on the same issue here and essentially have it working, except
one problem.
I've setup an entry named "example" so I resolve to
example.domainname.com using the subnet the computer is on. The
problem is that it's not always working. When pinging just "example" I
get the correct subnet, but when adding the domainname.com it
occasionally resolves to a different subnet.
Any is appreciated.
thanks
Mark
Herb Martin wrote:
> "Jamie" <jjenkins@american-appraisal.com> wrote in message
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> > On our primary DNS server, we use netmask ordering, so one host name
> > can be used arocc multiple IP addresses.
> >
> > For instance we have an FTP server with the following entries:
> >
> > 192.168.1.1
> > 192.168.2.1
> > 192.168.3.1
> >
> > So when a host looks for 'ftp.domainname.com' the response will come
> > back based on the subnet that the client is on.
> >
> > This works well, but we have a VPN in where our assigned IP address is
> > 192.168.4.xxx
> >
> > When we resolve 'ftp.domainname.com' it will come back randomly between
> > all three of the host IP's we have entered, becasue we are not on any
> > of those subnets.
>
> That is the expected (default) behavior.)
>
> > How can I make 'ftp.domainname.com' resolve only to 192.168.1.1 when
> > clients are on the 192.168.4.xxx subnet?
>
> In your specific example you can turn OFF "round robin"
> (leave Netmask Ordering enabled) and ensure that the
> 1.1 address is FIRST in the file.
>
> Round robin is the feature that is randomizing the return
> when there is no best netmask ordering match.
>
> (It's located in the advanced settings near to the netmask
> ordering checkbox.)
>
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