Re: [cobalt-users] Primary/Secondary DNS on the same RaQ

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:43 AM 3/6/00 -0700, you wrote:

> Can anyone confirm the following (from what little information I've
> been able to piece together...):
>
>  a) Assign a different IP to each of ns1 and ns2 by creating
>     a single "A" and "PTR" record for each;
>  b) Enter these numbers into the Primary/Secondar DNS Network
>     settings of the control panel;
>  c) Create new DNS records as per the norm, pointing to ns1;
>
> At this point it's unclear how I setup and configure ns2, ie: do I
> add a Secondary Nameserver (NS) Record or a Secondary Nameservice
> for each domain, and what is the proper way to configure a secondary
> DNS record?

You don't do anything else at all except that you create two NS records in 
each zone file, one for ns1 and one for ns2.

Your box doesn't know anything about a secondary server, and it doesn't 
care.  But domains know there's another server, called ns2.  That it's just 
another IP# pointing back to the same box makes no difference to DNS, even 
though it's non-robust and dangerous usage.

Jeff

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