> -----Original Message----- > Presumably there will be load balancing and all sorts going > on behind the scenes, why do you need the IP? What's wrong > with good old DNS?
Yes, it's all load balanced - in fact for news.bbc RSS your request could be served from London or New York, depending on the location of your server. In times of high-load (ie breaking news), we may also switch over to our content delivery network (CDN) partners for edge-serving. See below for an example of this: http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk With that in mind, I would very much recommend a DNS based rule (assuming this is a firewall issue). If you do use an IP rule, even if it's set to 212.58.xxx.xxx (I believe the BBC owns that entire IP block, but don't quote me on that) you could still find your project without data in the event of us switching over the CDN. Ben Metcalfe :: backstage.bbc.co.uk > > On 17/08/05, Murray Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > At the BBC server farm do you regularly change the ip, or > is it just > > > me? > > > > it's not just you > > > > www.bbc.co.uk (and the same applies for news.bbc) will resolve to a > > different range of ip addresses over time. It does change, and > > relatively frequently. > > > > I'd advise you to use the domain name : cache it for a > period if you > > want, but I wouldn't stick to a single ip for any length of time > > without re-checking the dns. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Tattersall > > Sent: 17 August 2005 13:12 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [backstage] IPs for news feeds? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Does anybody know what the IP addresses for the feeds is? > Every day I > > do a ping and find it's changed. It's usually around > > > > 212.58.240.143 > > > > > > although I've seen it go to x.x.x.144 and x.x.x.145. > > > > At the BBC server farm do you regularly change the ip, or > is it just > > me? > > Thanks > > David > > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web site: www.davidtattersall.me.uk > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.11/74 - Release Date: > > 17/08/05 > > > > > -- > Ben O'Neill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
