round robin

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

WebReactor Networks <bind at webreactor.net> wrote:
> More to the point, BIND does not do any round-robining.  Period.  BIND simply returns both of the A records.  The client application chooses which of those A records to use.  In your case the "client application" is the Windows resolver.

Close.  BIND by default returns all A records, the order between them is 
randomized. This is controllable with the "rrset-order" statement in bind-9.

Next, what has been observed is that the ping command will do 
one name lookup and then use the first address for all "pings".

Repeating the ping will most likley show a random selection ( unless 
some vendor has created a "nameserver-cache". This cache should in
almost all cases be turned off and disabled)



> See < http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/docs/bind-load-bal.html > for more info.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: round robin
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:04:04 -0500
> From: "Haygood, David" <david.haygood at pgnmail.com>
> To: "'bind-users at isc.org'" <bind-users at isc.org>


> If your Windows Desktop is 2K or XP its cache is 24 hours.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Noecker [mailto:bnoecker at jabber.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:26 PM
> To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: round robin



> Is there a trick for round robin to work correctly?  I've got the following
> scenario:

> Two Bind 9.2.0 jailed servers, one master, one slave with either of the
> following A record options:

> test    10    A    10.2.2.1
> test    10     A    10.2.2.2

> or 

> $TTL 2h

> test     10    A    10.2.2.1
>      10    A    10.2.2.2

> Now, on the both servers, they use themselves as primary DNS in resolv.conf.
> The master is on a solaris box, the slave a RH7.2 box.

> When I'm on the master itself and ping test, 10.2.2.1 is the only answer I
> get back.  When I'm on a windows desktop using the master as its DNS server,
> I only get 10.2.2.1.  When I'm on the slave server and ping, I get about a
> 30/70 split on my returns.  

> Should I expect consistency on the round robin nature of Bind?  

Yes. You need to ask bind several times however.



> Thanks in advance.
>   


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