In order to allow my scripts to open remote URLs my host needs to know the exact IP.
Oh well, thanks anyway guys. David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben O'Neill Sent: 17 August 2005 3:12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] IPs for news feeds? 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? 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]/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.11/74 - Release Date: 17/08/05 -- 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 - 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]/
