Subject: Re: Round Robin
To: Melissa Niles <mniles@selah.net>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/27/1997 10:44:24
Melissa Niles writes:
> Does NetBSD support this, where I set up multiple CNAMEs for one alias?
> 
> ie:
> 
> www     IN      A       192.168.1.1
>         IN      A       192.168.1.2
>         IN      A       192.168.1.3
>         IN      A       192.168.1.4

a) Those aren't multiple CNAMEs. Those are multiple A records.
b) NetBSD runs standard ISC BIND. It has ALWAYS handled multiple A
   records for one name.
c) It even automatically shuffles the order in which the A records are
   returned. Always has.

Perry