Prioritising Nameservers

[Berislav Todorovic]

In article <000401becf6b$01a69fe0$330b28c3 at ANDI.pool.net>,
  <andi.twine at pool.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way to prioritise (like MX preferences) name
> servers ?
> ...
> As dns2.nic.it is not running a completely up to date zone file - we
> would like to prioritise them so dns2.nic.it is only used when
> ns.pool.net is too busy.

Well, with BIND 8.2.1 it is possible, though I've never tested it. The
story goes something like this:

options {
   rrset-order {
      class IN type NS name "mydomain.com" order fixed;
      order cyclic;
   };
};

As a result, NS records will always be returned in order in which they
are defined in the zone file.

> If not, does anyone have any good alternatives ?

Yes, why don't you run a normal primary/secondary configuration?

Regards,
Beri


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