NS Round Robin?

[Mark_Andrews at iengines.com]

> Thank you, but this still does not answer the question.
> 
> I need to know if there is REAL importance in the order.  My point
> specifically is determining if you didn't actually register Primary as the
> first server, and it was the third server.  What, if anything would this
> do??

	Nothing.  There is no requirement to register the primary
	at all.  The form should just say nameservers not primary
	/ secondary.

	All nameservers listed however should be operational and
	be configured for the zone prior to registration.

> I don't think it would do anything, since multiple NS records respond
> in a round robin fashion.
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of [Original Author Hidden]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 12:29 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: NS Round Robin?
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 11:22:26AM -0600, Rich Phillips wrote:
> > In the whois response below.  There are 4 nameservers listed.  They are
> > "listed in order" according to the whois response?
> 
> That's not what it says! Look again...
> 
> >            Domain servers in listed order:
> >
> >            ATBD.MICROSOFT.COM           131.107.1.7
> >            DNS1.MICROSOFT.COM           131.107.1.240
> >            DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET             207.46.138.11
> >            DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET             207.46.138.12
> 
> "in listed order". AFAIR they are in the order they were listed in the
> registration request that NetSol have in their database. The
> master should be listed first with the slaves afterwards.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> [Original Author Hidden]
> 
> 
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