round robin dns

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Jerry M. Howell II <geeshock at usalug.org> wrote:
> Hey there all,

>    I've been working with named for a while now and decided to try roun=
d=20
> robin dns to help split the load some. The problem is it is always=20
> pinging the same ip here is my setup in my zone file using bind=20
> 9.2.4rc6

> ns    14400     IN  A	67.15.6.98
> ns    14400     IN  A   67.15.12.3
> ns2	14400     IN  A	67.15.12.3

> the domain is usalug.org any sugestions as to how I can get it to split=
=20
> the load? thnx

Din't use 'ping' as a typichal application, some implementations=20
does things by "themself"

BSD ping ( mike muus) seems to do "the right thing" :
> ping -c 1 ns.usalug.org.
PING ns.usalug.org (67.15.6.98): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 67.15.6.98: icmp_seq=3D0 ttl=3D47 time=3D164.675 ms

--- ns.usalug.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev =3D 164.675/164.675/164.675/0.000 ms
> ping -c 1 ns.usalug.org.
PING ns.usalug.org (67.15.6.98): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 67.15.6.98: icmp_seq=3D0 ttl=3D47 time=3D165.481 ms

--- ns.usalug.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev =3D 165.481/165.481/165.481/0.000 ms
> ping -c 1 ns.usalug.org.
PING ns.usalug.org (67.15.6.98): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 67.15.6.98: icmp_seq=3D0 ttl=3D47 time=3D164.441 ms

--- ns.usalug.org ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev =3D 164.441/164.441/164.441/0.000 ms
> ping -c 1 ns.usalug.org.
PING ns.usalug.org (67.15.12.3): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 67.15.12.3: icmp_seq=3D0 ttl=3D47 time=3D168.174 ms



When using round-robin, remember that it's the clients=20
resolving nameserver that does the round in robin. If the=20
clients resolving server has a sortlist nothing will "revolve"
if one of the addresses is in the sortlist
> --=20

> Jerry M. Howell II



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