Re: OT DNS question

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John Sievert)]

No.  DNS only links names with IP addresses.  You point it at the port using
a router or a NAT firewall (Network Address Translation) on your router.
Most all routers have NAT capability.

For example, on my home network, I have the URL
http://www.<myhomenetwork>.org:8080 pointed at the internal network address
192.168.0.205:80 where there is a web server running.  The name part of the
URL is resolved properly by the DNS.  The router (ipNetwork running on an
old mac) re-routes all access from the first URL at port 8080 to the web
server running on port 80 on the internal system.

J

On 2/12/03 6:53p, "Marc Kaiwi" <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can I set up an A record to point a host name to a specific port?
> 
> For Example:
> TYPE    HOST            >IP
> A        webmail.kaiwi.com    255.255.255.255:8080
> 
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