Thanks for the link. The article says it's just a subnet match. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS server, A record sorting & sites OH MY!
Is this the behavior that you're thinking of? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196500 If so, I wonder what value you would get if it were prioritized on the networks running today? BIND development decided it wasn't something that belonged on the server last I checked. DNS is not necessarily site aware. The clients are, and they query DNS for the site information. So if you ask for an address for a DC, you'll look in your site configuration vs. relying on DNS to give it back in a particular order IIRC. Al -----Original Message----- From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS server, A record sorting & sites OH MY! I've read where AD DNS will sort replies to A record requests based on the IP address of the caller. The idea being that if multiple A records exist for a name, the first in the list will be "closest" to the caller. Makes sense, but I've never seen any documentation on how the comparison is done. Does the DNS server do a simple IP subnet match (same subnet = close, different subnet = not close)? Or, is the DNS server site aware so that it will sort first an address in the same site even if it's a different subnet? List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
