Re: Subnetted Reverse Lookup

In news:hc1lf1da661jq92tni0bjase62b0kab5og@xxxxxxx,
Andrew Hodgson <me3@xxxxxxxxxxx> made this post, which I then commented
about below:
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:24:38 -0400, "John Franklyn" <teksrus@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I need a little assistance with this. I am trying to setup subnetted
>> reverse lookup zones for our 10.0.0.0/21 network. I have looked at
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q174419/ however when I create the
>> zone and try to register the PTR records i get an error stating that
>> the record cant be registered because the required zone does not
>> exist. What am I missing with this???
>
> My opinion is that it may be better to create the individual zones for
> each IP address - I know it is time consuming, but if you use dynamic
> DNS updating, or the option to create the PTR record based on changes
> made to the A record in the new A dialog, it won't work with the
> classless delegation. It is probably very easy for me to say this, as
> I only have 16 addresses to do this with.
>
> However, I have got this way to work, what I did was to do the
> following in the DNS mmc:
>
> 1: Go to advanced view.
> 2. New PTR wizard - other zone name - I entered in 105.2.81 (I have
> 81.2.105.208/28).
> 3. Right click on new zone, add delegation. Put the first and last
> address in the top box (i.e, 108-223), ensuring the primary nameserver
> is unchanged.
> 4. You now need to create Cname records for each address in the
> subnet. For example, 108 cname 108.108-223.105.2.81.in-addr.arpa.
>
> This is why I chose my method.
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.

Nice method Andrew.

For John, wouldn't it be easier just to create a 10.x.x.x zone and encompass
the whole thing under the one zone? Separete folders will show up for each
octet that gets registered.

But I like your method. :-)

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