Using $GENERATE with A records?

[Josh Higham]

Thanks.

I grabbed the code and figured out how it works (if that isn't a rush I
don't know what is).  Then I went to provide an update for the docs, and
found they already told it all :-)

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com <Mark.Andrews at nominum.com>
To: Josh Higham <bindadmin at bigsky.net>
Cc: bind-users at isc.org <bind-users at isc.org>
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Using $GENERATE with A records?


>
> 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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