My round-robin not behaving
Michael Voight
mvoight at cisco.com
Mon Aug 23 18:42:50 UTC 1999
Joseph S D Yao wrote:
>
> > >QCT wrote:
> > >> I expect to see
> > >> >foo
> > >> Name: foo.blat.com
> > >> Addresses: 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8
> > >>
> > >> >foo
> > >> Name: foo.blat.com
> > >> Addresses: 5.6.7.8, 1.2.3.4
> > >>
> > >> and back and forth, REGULARLY. This is not the case. I see 1-to-1, 2-to-2, 2-to-3, 1-to-3 round-robin and the behavior is completely unpredictable. Is there a randomizing switch somewhere that I have overlooked?
> > >
> > >(1) yes, but
> > >(2) have you checked your logs to determine whether your observed
> > >results are only part of a larger pattern?
> >
> > That was the first thing I thought of, so I fired up named on my test box. Nobody is using this one except me and I observe same behavior as the production box.
> >
> > QCT
>
> Per your logs? E.g., if you are using 'nslookup' ON that box, it does
> a reverse lookup before the forward lookup, which could mess up your
> results.
>
Almost confused here, Joe. :)
How does a reverse lookup mess up the round robin of a forward lookup.
Michael
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