Re: DNS Server Reliability - Is more Better?

["cameron charlebois" <cam_charles hotmail com>]

as long as you "never" (or at least very rarely) drop that IP address it 
will be fine. I know several people who use a dynamic IP for their web 
hosting. The webserver should be 24/7 so it should never drop that IP and 
get a new one. Once it does drop that IP, (i.e. power outage and the box 
reboots) you will have to go out and reset whoever has your DNS entries to 
reflect your new IP, then you will have to wait for that new IP to 
propagate.

-Cam

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> Subject: DNS Server Reliability - Is more Better?
> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 01:06:54 +0200
>
> I just have registered a domain and is franticly searching for ways to host 
> my own web server. I have a few leads, but there are some gaps left 
> unanswered. GraniteCanyons free DNS service, I just read something about 
> their servers being unreliable. Can multiple DNS servers from different 
> sources be used to give that stableness? Having more than one and from 
> different sources (ISPs, etc) will not cause problems, will it? My ISP does 
> not provide a static IP, but uses Dynamic IP Addresses and will not 
> cooperate with me. Even if I use a free DNS service, how will this work 
> since I have no static IP address to configure in my settings of my server? 
> Does anyone have any suggestions or a step-by-step guide as how they did 
> it? One could register for IP addresses with ICANN starting at $2500.00 a 
> year. I prefer not to go that route until I am well experience in this 
> matter. Register.com has authority over my domain and I have trace the IP 
> address to it. If I subnett the IP address, will it work? Why not. I allot 
> of you out there I know will give many reasons to why I can't do it. This 
> is the reason to why I seek for your well educated advice. Thanks.

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