Using $GENERATE with A records?
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Thu Apr 13 23:50:14 UTC 2000
Pick up the document bundle for 8.2.2-P5. The online docs are for
8.2.
Mark
> I noticed the $GENERATE tag while looking through the BIND docs, and thought
> that would be good for handling our modem chunks, ie:
> $ORIGIN router.bigsky.net.
> $GENERATE 1-96 $ A 206.252.240.$
>
> However, it doesn't allow A records, based on the docs on the ISC web page,
> and it would need to allow for:
> $GENERATE 1-96 modem$ A 206.252.240.($+48)
> which would result in:
> modem1.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.49
> modem2.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.50
> modem3.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.51
> ...
> modem96.router.bigsky.net. A 206.252.240.144
>
>
> Is this something that may be added in the future, or am I SOL and stuck
> using it only for reverse delegation with PTR records? Is there a better
> way of handling DNS for modem blocks?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>
>
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