Help: Complex DNS Configuration

Entering the following information into The Widge:

Produces the following results:

Text record type to store information up to 255 characters about the host/zone.

Pointer record maps ip address to fully qualified domain name.

The SRV resource record is used to specify which host is running a particular service or protocol.

host: http.tcp
type: SRV
val: 0,1,80,www.example.com

host box: service.protocol
service: http, ftp, etc
protocol: tcp, udp, etc

val box: priority,weight,port,target
priority: The priority of this target host. range is 0-65535
weight: Load balancing mechanism. range of this number is 1-65535
port: The port. range is 0-65535.
target: fqdn of host

Location resource record type. Manage your own latitude and longitude information.

host: www
type: loc
val: 45.52696,-122.68545,50

val box: latitude,longitude,altitude,size,horizontal,vertical
latitude: 45.52696 (use this format)
longitude: -122.68545 (use this format)
altitude: 50
size, horizontal and vertical are optional.

Find your logitude and latitude coordinates at the U.S. Census Bureau mapping engine.

Responsible Person. Indicate reponsible person for a domain.

mbox-name: domain name that specifies the mailbox for the responsible person.
txt-name: domain name for which TXT RR's exist.

IPv6 record support.