DNS Reverse Lookup Zone

[stu2k1]

Hi,

I have just pointed one of my websites at its own ip address, and what i wanted to know is how do i direct the user to the website when they type in the ip address, as i understand it i need to create a reverse lookup zone and a ptr record but i am confused please help.

 

[czxone]

Go to your DNS snap in expand your foward lookup zone and your reverse lookup zone. first you need a host record for whatever you are going to point the ip address to then right click on the reverse lookup zone and choose new pointer browse to find your hosts record.

Goodluck


A+, MCP

 

[vgrice]

If your users are only going to use an IP address to connect to your site, you don't really need a reverse lookup zone. Vince Grice
vgrice@hotmail.com
MCSE Win2K, NT; MCSA; MCP+I

I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.
- Woodrow Wilson

 

[ShackDaddy]

When you say you pointed the site at its own IP, that seems to me what most sites do. Since you are using IIS, what really matters is whether you are using host-headers. If so, an IP might not be enough to call up your site, a user would need a URL. Perhaps a reverse-lookup record would provide a URL mapping for you, but I personally have never needed reverse-lookup in place to be able to access a site. Do you have more than one site on your server using the same address? If not, why doesn't it work when the user types in the IP address?

When you tell Windows 2000 DNS to create a 'pointer' record, the interface is very helpful to users who aren't sure how to construct one. Here are the basics:

You have host '204.109.112.15' in network '204.109.112.0'. You need a zone file named '112.109.204.in-addr.arpa'.
In that zone, you need a pointer record named '15' and you need to map it to the name that you want the host to have.

Hope this helps,

ShackDaddy