No subject

itself have an address that is determined via a CNAME with
a reference to (say) boboki.homeip.net.

Since zones have (by defnition) other data records (SOA, NS),
they cannot be redefined with a CNAME.

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Here's the zone data for boboki.com:
boboki.com. IN SOA ns1.granitecanyon.com. boboki.hotmail.com. (154760540 21600 1
0800 604800 43200)
; Name Servers

boboki.com.  IN  NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
boboki.com.  IN  NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
boboki.com.  IN  NS boboki.homeip.net.

; multiple RP records authorize others to submit zone changes
; from the email address in the first field after the RP
; This email address is in DNS-email format. That is,
; the '.' (at-sign) is replaced by '.' (dot or period.)

boboki.com.  IN  RP boboki.homeip.net. boboki.boboki.com.

boboki.boboki.com.    IN  TXT "BobOki,    NIC handle: boboki"

; addresses for the canonical names
; Many emailers expect the name localhost to exist
; in a domain with this specific, reserved address.
; 127/8 or 127/255.0.0.0 is the address of LOOPBACK-NET
; 127.0.0.1 is reserved to mean this host on the LOOPBACK-NET
localhost.boboki.com.   IN  A  127.0.0.1

; The IP addresses below are reserved for networks
; not connected to the InterNet. They are not routable by
; most publicly accessible backbones and are here as an
; example only.

boboki.com.       IN  A  216.77.249.63
; Aliases
; These create a nickname or alias for another name known
; to the DNS, the canonical name, hence CNAME. No other
; records may exist with a name the same as this alias.

; 'Java' is an alias for the canonical name, 'Navy.'
joy.boboki.com.  IN  CNAME  boboki.com.
joyru-chan.boboki.com. IN CNAME boboki.com.
mail.boboki.com. IN CNAME boboki.com.
www.boboki.com. IN CNAME boboki.com.
ftp.boboki.com. IN CNAME boboki.com.
prettz.boboki.com. IN CNAME boboki.com.
sex.boboki.com. IN CNAME boboki.com.

; MX records

; These direct mail delivery agents, like sendmail,
; at hosts which have agreed to accept email for us.

; This assumes that we've arranged with tea.com and
; uu.net to provide this email service for us in
; advance for coffee.com.

; The token 'EXTREF' directs nslint to allow external references.
; The token 'GLOBALOK' directs nslint to allow global records.

; MX records for a host to be treated specially
mail.boboki.com.  IN  MX  10  mail.boboki.com.  ; EXTREF
mail.boboki.com.  IN  MX  20  mail.boboki.com.  ; EXTREF
mail.boboki.com.  IN  MX  100 mail.boboki.com.  ; EXTREF

; global MX records for unspecified members of the zone
*.boboki.com.     IN  MX  10  mail.boboki.com.  ; GLOBALOK
*.boboki.com.     IN  MX  20  mail.boboki.com.  ; GLOBALOK
*.boboki.com.     IN  MX  100 mail.boboki.com.  ; EXTREF GLOBALOK

; MX records for email addressed to the zone itself
boboki.com.       IN  MX  10  mail.boboki.com.
boboki.com.       IN  MX  20  mail.boboki.com.
boboki.com.       IN  MX  100 mail.boboki.com.  ; EXTREF

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bobokisama at my-deja.com writes:
 > Ok, problem I am having is that even though I
 > have updated it 50 times, and it works for a
 > whole day after changes are made, my domain keeps
 > reverting back to an old ip! I've even tried to
 > make changes in both primary and secondary. Same
 > thing, works a whole day then reverts back. And
 > 90% of the time it doesn't even resolve. Now i
 > know my entrys are correct, its been working in
 > the past for a good 5 months, with no problems.
 > boboki.com.       IN  A  216.77.249.63
 > is the entry that I use.. I cannot see why it
 > would not work. Another thing is that on some
 > systems it resolves and some others it does not.
 > I.E Sometimes it will resolve (correct ip or not)
 > on my frineds system and not mine.
 > 
 > And now I am also trying to figure out a sure
 > fire way to do this before I mess with settings,
 > but how can I set up a dynamic ip in my dns
 > record?
 > Is it possible to put something like:
 > boboki.com. IN A boboki.homeip.net.
 > 
 > that way I can make all updates to
 > boboki.homeip.net (which is instant) and have
 > them show up on boboki.com automatically!
 > 
 > 
 > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
 > Before you buy.
 >