Multiple IP's one name??

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ab6kb3$605b$1 at isrv4.isc.org>,
Paul Sanders  <paddy345us at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Is it possible to set up DNS in such a way that if you have several
>different IP's (for redundancy) that they can resolve to a certain
>name? 
>
>Example
>
>155.155.155.011 resolves to www.someplace.com
>
>215.115.115.011 resolves to www.someplace.com
>
>If so how is it done?

In the someplace.com zone file, put:

www IN A 155.155.155.11
    IN A 215.115.115.11

Then in the appropriate reverse zones, put PTR records pointing to
www.someplace.com.

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