sortlist question

[Thomas Duterme]

Ok, I have discovered a very strange thing.  My sortlist is seems
correct.  (or at least the slimmed down one)  ie..on all my linux boxes on
the LAN, the behavior is 100% correct.

But, on microsoft clients, (Win 98), the clients don't seem to give a damn
what the nameserver says.   ie, they still do the round robin thing.  Is
this
a deficieny in the microsoft DNS resolver?

I've banged my head against this for two hours now with no progress..any
ideas
would be appreciated.

Tom

PS - Here's my file sortlist:
        sortlist {
                { 192.168.8.0/25;
                        { 192.168.8/24; 172.18.1/24;
                          { 211.99.193.0/27; }; }; };
                { 192.168.8.128/25;
                        { 211.99.193/24; }; };
                };

my network topology :
192.168.8.0/25 -> fixed IP boxes...mostly Linux   (these guys have to get
the 192/8 or 172/8 network)
192.168.8.128/25 -> DHCP clients (mostly microsoft)  (these guys have to
get the 211/8 network)


Kevin Darcy wrote:

> Offhand, it seems like your sortlist should do what you want. But, to be
> perfectly honest, although I have used sortlists quite extensively, I've
> never used more than a single "sort" element (i.e. where each element
> gets assigned a distance, etc.). Perhaps you could try simplifying the
> sortlist and see where it breaks. At the very least, it may help you
> diagnose the problem. You may even discover that a simpler sortlist
> meets your requirements.
>
> - Kevin
>
> Thomas Duterme wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to configure my internal split properly by using
> > a sortlist.
> >
> > let's say I have multiple names like the following (ie 2 or
> > more A records per name):
> > madeforchina.com     IN    A    211.101.228.18
> >                                     IN    A    192.168.8.3
> >
> > Here's what I want to do:  I have 192.168.8/24 as my LAN.
> > I want 192.168.8.0/25 to ALWAYS get back one version (the
> > 192 network) of a roundrobin record and I want
> > 192.168.8.128/25 to get the other...again always first. (the
> > 211 network)  I haven't thought of a way for the nameserver
> > to only send back one version of the roundrobin, but I
> > figure that using the sortlist below, should always give
> > back the proper answer.
> >
> > Here's what I've done:
> >
> >         sortlist {
> >                 { localhost;
> >                         { 192.168.8/24;
> >                           172.18.1/24;
> >                           { 211.99.193.0/27;
> > 211.99.175.64/27; }; }; };
> >                 { 192.168.8.0/25;
> >                         { 192.168.8/24;
> >                           172.18.1/24;
> >                           { 211.99.193.0/27;
> > 211.99.175.64/27; }; }; };
> >                 { 192.168.8.128/25;
> >                         { 211.99.193.0/27;
> >                           211.99.175.64/27;
> >                           { 192.168.8/24; 172.18.1/24; }; };
> > };
> >                 };
> >
> > Why is it that I've got some clients on the 192.168.8.128/25
> > portion of the network which is picking up the 192 network
> > first when it should be getting the 211 network?  Am I
> > missing anything?