 | View Full Version : secondary DNS PacketBlitz 12-31-2002, 03:51 PM Ok so speaking hypotheticaly.... I want get a pice of the hosting pie, so I decide to go out and get myself a dedicated server. (1) How do I offer a secondary DNS server to my clients and myself without having to go out and buy another server? JWB 12-31-2002, 04:08 PM Most people use ensim or cpanel (or even others), allow you to easilt setup a virtual secondary server. Basically you just assign the second dns an ip address on the same machine :) BentAxis 12-31-2002, 04:28 PM There are a number of companies that provide secondary DNS for a fee. M0NkEY 12-31-2002, 04:30 PM BentAxis got a list of them??? PacketBlitz 12-31-2002, 04:33 PM Oh, ok 2 IPs on the same machine. Didn't even think of that. Thanks BentAxis 12-31-2002, 04:34 PM http://www.ultradns.com http://www.zoneedit.com There is 2 of them, but a search on Google will turn up a lot more. There is wide ranging pricing differences in my experience. M0NkEY 12-31-2002, 04:34 PM yea but if they are on the same machne... if theres lag on one theres gonna be lag on both. I find that when I use 2 ips on the same machine I can somtimes get a DNS timeout. jw 12-31-2002, 04:56 PM Honestly, secondary DNS is one of the least important concerns. If the DNS is down, most likely the whole server is down and a secondary DNS wouldn't do much for that. chet 12-31-2002, 06:30 PM JW, incorrect. Why secondary DNS is not amazingly, amazingly important, it is important. If both DNS servers die and someone is trying to send the box mail - the mail will fail, not retry. If the secondary responds, but the box does not, most mail will retry. That is the biggest important factor for secondary dns. Chet |