reverse lookup I just get the ISP's server

[Bill Moseley]

At 01:45 AM 06/14/00 GMT, David Cost wrote:
>I have a DSL account where the IP is allocated by the ISP's DHCP server.
>They do not intend for users to use this account to host their own server,
>so we are waiting for them to release a new account they have announced
>where they will give out 1 static IP and allow hosting. As we run Win2K
>Server, I have always wanted to run our own DNS server, so to get ready for
>this change, I set up our DNS server yesterday: mpp2.mparam.ca on
>161.184.112.51

>If I do a reverse lookup I just get the ISP's server, not ours.

How are you doing the reverse lookup?  Do you have a zone file with the
$ORIGIN of 112.184.161.in-addr.arpa?



>As the ISP
>will not make any changes to our existing account, am I out of luck with
>respect to setting up and testing my own DNS server until such time the ISP
>will give us a static Ip or am I just doing something wrong?

You should be able to complete test your server.  All that you would need
for going live from your isp is the delegation for the reverse.


Bill Moseley
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