[nsd-users] Newbie [and not NSD-specific] question

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 06:40:37AM -0400,
 Bob James <mebobj at gmail.com> wrote 
 a message of 64 lines which said:

> It seems like all the examples I see on the net for zone files
> always presume a range of servers on the same subnet.

I'm suprised because it is certainly not what I see. Anyway, the
content of the resource records changes nothing to the server's
configuration.

> what are the proper forward 

host1 IN A 135.87.23.45
host2 IN A 78.45.23.10
host3 IN A 99.55.22.33

There is nothing special or magic in the right-hand side of the A
records. They can be in very different prefixes.

> and reverse files?

If you mean the in-addr.arpa zones, it is more complicated. You do not
always have a DNS delegation from the operator on these zones. Some
providers allow you to configure a PTR record. Talk to your Web
hoster.