VPN and something like Dynamic DNS ...

[Thorsten Wandersmann]

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On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <a3u0c0$mub at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
> Thorsten Wandersmann  <pitu at caipy.de> wrote:
> >As you see, sometimes it's the internal (192...), sometimes the external
> >(1.2.3.4) adress.
>
> What did you expect?  If there are multiple addresses for the same name, it
> just round-robins them.
>
> >Is there a possibility to "order" the entries in a way, that the internal
> >always cames first (or last, when the last entry is taken first ...)?
>
> What would be the point of doing that?  If it always ordered them in the
> same way, the second address would almost never be used (most applications
> only use the first address that's returned).

You are right.

>
> Your original message never explained clearly why you wanted multiple
> addresses to be listed for the same name.  If you want predictability, give
> them different names.  Or if you want the server to use a particular
> version depending on where the query is coming from, use views.
>

Yes, in the meantime I came to the same conclusion. But thanks for help
anyway.

thorsten

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Thorsten Wandersmann
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