MX issue (IP error)

[Tim Wilde]

The problem is with the two A records.  A records have to point to IP
addresses, not to hostnames.  Something like this would be more
appropriate:

			IN	A	24.218.62.62
www			IN	A	24.218.62.62

where 24.218.62.62 is the IP address of srn.ne.mediaone.net.  If you want
to alias a host to another host, you need to use CNAME records.

Tim Wilde

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Tim Wilde, Systems Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
E-Mail: twilde at dyndns.org

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Mapu wrote:

> I have recently added this zone record (names changed to protect the
> innocent):
> 
> @                       IN      SOA     ns2.isp.com. root.ns2.isp.com. (
>                         1999072001; Serial
>                         43200 ; Refresh
>                         3600 ; Retry
>                         604800 ; Expire
>                         86400 ) ; Minimum
> 
>                         IN      NS      ns2.isp.com.
>                         IN      NS      ns2.mci.net.
> 
>                         IN      MX      0 srn.ne.mediaone.net.
> 
>                         IN      A       srn.ne.mediaone.net.
> www                     IN      A       srn.ne.mediaone.net.
> 
> Upon restarting named, the following error shows:
> 
> Jul 20 10:50:37 as4100a named[712]: reloading nameserver
> Jul 20 10:50:38 as4100a named[712]: customers/domain.org.zone:13: IP Address
> error (srn.ne.mediaone.net.)
> Jul 20 10:50:38 as4100a named[712]: customers/domain.org.zone:14: IP Address
> error (srn.ne.mediaone.net.)
> Jul 20 10:50:38 as4100a named[712]: master zone "domain.org" (IN) rejected
> due to errors (serial 1999072001)
> 
> srn.ne.mediaone.net resolves- so I'm not quite sure as to the error. Any
> help would be appreciated.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
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