At 10:51 03/05/2002 -0400, you wrote:
On Friday 03 May 2002 10:31 am, Surfbaud wrote: > I'd move the primary first, then when that fails it will find the secondary > at the old location.... > > one thing I leant after spending a lot of time doing > Are you sure of that??? Internet nameserver resolution does not know a master (primary) from a slave (secondary). It uses the one that answered faster.
correct, however in many cases ns1 / ns2 are in the same colo or even on the same box (yes I know it is better to have them separated geographically, but that requires two boxes or a peering arrangement with someone else, and I am assuming this guy doesn't have that, hell why even stop at two nameservers...) and for that situation I have found that reversing them makes transitions smoother
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