Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!ucbvax!CLASH.CISCO.COM!cire From: cire@CLASH.CISCO.COM Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Multiple TCP/IP servers on one host Message-ID: <8809230239.AA15029@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 12 Sep 88 19:51:25 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 21 Having a domain server randomize the responses for a given host strikes me as something of a round about way of achieving the desired solution. Certainly it will work. However it seems to be extending the Domain System in ways it was not intended to go. I realize there is a desire to use existing protocols and applications with minimum modifications. However, perhaps the suggested methods are not the way to go. Has anyone experimented with load balancing protocols? -c cire|eric Eric B. Decker cisco Systems Menlo Park, California email: cire@cisco.com uSnail: 1360 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone : (415) 326-1941