Mult sub-domain -> same ip

[Wes]

Looks like they finally got it "fixed". They were using CNAME and changed it 
to an A record and that fixed the problems we were having.

"Wes" <theXYZtenor at XYZattXYZ.net> wrote in message 
news:ddt7e4$8rr$1 at sf1.isc.org...
> I'm don't have much knowledge about DNS but suspect that the folks at my 
> web hosting company are also lacking.
>
> I had them create two subdomain entries in their DNS to point toward our 
> local server
> hq1.dmihotels.com   and
> hq2.dmihotels.com
>
> Now from my ISP (comcast) I can get DNS responses for both. From another 
> ISP I can only get response for the second and from a third ISP only for 
> the first. I suspect it involves the way the DNS entries were created and 
> the possibility that some DNS are less flexible in what they "allow" in 
> terms of mapping IPs to (sub)domains.
>
> I did some cursory investigation into this but haven't found the 
> definitive answer that would allow me to yell at my web hosting (and 
> therefor DNS server) company.
>
> Wes
>