master and slave for same zone on with different IP addresses

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

asim khan <asim.khan at kcl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hello BIND-users,

> This maybe an obvios or stupid question but I'm a dns newbie ...
> I set up a virtual interface hme0:2  for the slave nameserver with 
> hostname prospero.umds.ac.uk for zone umds.ac.uk on a  solaris 5.9 ultra5,
> also running as the master nameserver with hostname lime.umds.ac.ukfor 
> the zone umds.ac.uk on a diffrent IP address on the real interface hme0

> Using the command dig @prospero.umds.ac.uk www.kcl.ac.uk there was no 
> response with a timeout error..?
> Basically although master and slave nameservers have diffrent IP 
> addresses they are on the same server ..

That is a stupid thing to do. The whole point in "fault resilience" is
to spread your risks among several independent servers / networks.

>  

> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Asim Khan
> Information Services & Systems
> King's College London
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



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