[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> We are having problems with our main name server, and I am in the process
>> of building a new HD for it. In the meantime, however, .. it is down on
>> occasion. Problem is, though we have secondary DNS servers registered for
>> every domain we host, NO REQUESTS ARE GOING TO IT!!
>
> FYI, there really is no such thing as "secondary", at least in the
> "eyes" of DNS resolvers. The roots "round robin" the order in which they
> return the name servers for a domain. One time your "primary" name server
> will be listed first, the next time your "secondary" name server will be
> listed first and so on...
>
>
>
However, IIRC, I think I read on the dbjdns website that there is a bug in
BIND that results in it choosing the server that comes alphabetically first
almost all of the time. Therefore, NS1 will almost always be chosen over
NS2. Of course, when NS1 times out, it should then attempt NS2 so this
doesn't answer the question.
-Eric P.
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