reverse lookup I just get the ISP's server

[Barry Margolin]

In article <itB15.8481$vT6.936680 at news1.telusplanet.net>,
David Cost <dcost at post.com> wrote:
>I have a DSL account where the IP is allocated by the ISP's DHCP server.
>They do not intend for users to use this account to host their own server,
>so we are waiting for them to release a new account they have announced
>where they will give out 1 static IP and allow hosting. As we run Win2K
>Server, I have always wanted to run our own DNS server, so to get ready for
>this change, I set up our DNS server yesterday: mpp2.mparam.ca on
>161.184.112.51
>
>If I do a reverse lookup I just get the ISP's server, not ours. As the ISP
>will not make any changes to our existing account, am I out of luck with
>respect to setting up and testing my own DNS server until such time the ISP
>will give us a static Ip or am I just doing something wrong?

You don't need the reverse lookup to point to your name in order to run
your own DNS server.  Most consumer ISPs don't offer delegation of reverse
DNS, but it's not necessary.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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