use a domain in an A record?

[Cricket Liu]

> good answers. here's the more specific question:
> 
> ok, how can I configure my zone when i'm using DHCP?  I have a 
> domain that 
> resolves resolves through my ISP but want to use my own domain.  
> Currently I have:
> 
> breakfast.ca IN A 24.102.231.139
> 
> but that IP will change constantly when I switch to DHCP 
> (required now by my 
> ISP).  cr428903-b.rchrd1.on.wave.home.com will always resolve to 
> my IP and I 
> have that listed as my nameserver in my Registrar.  This way, all 
> loookups for 
> breakfast.ca will get forwarded to my comupter.  However I have a 
> mail server, 
> ftp etc. set up on mail. ftp. etc... that I want to resolve.
> 
> Other than setting my timeouts on the zone file to 0 and having a 
> script change 
> the zone file to reflect my new IP each time it changes (not sure 
> how often it 
> will end up changing -- might depend on how often I reboot my 
> computer) and 
> re-running named.... any way i can get this to work?

That's one way.  You could also use dynamic update to change
the address breakfast.ca points to.  That wouldn't require
reloading the name server.

cricket

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