>livingston.com 149.198.247.2
>. 128.102.18.31
>
>
>now what is REALLY stupid about this is that *livingston.com is resolved
>by the 149.198.247.2 and anything else by the 128.102.18.31....
>
>Now if you're like many ISPs I've seen, the second address is normally an
>outside DNS server. If so, then this DNS entry may no longer work for
>whatever reason.
>
>To test use your primary DNS for your domain and the '.' well this
>requires a reboot so what you might want to do is see if rebooting the Mac
>without changing anything clears it up.... I have a client or two that
>this happens where DNS gets whacky and power cycling fixes it.
>
>Hmm I'm not sure if you can put multiple DNS server entries for the '.'
>can anyone validate if this will or will not work?
It will take as many as you wish. The original logic was that you could
avoid querying the "global" nameservers for some host names. But still
pretty bizarre syntax. You'll usually have the same nameserver on both
your hostname and a "." entry.
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