×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS

Contact US

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you a
Computer / IT professional?
Join Tek-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!

*Tek-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Virgin Media rDNS not possible on Cable Modem?

Virgin Media rDNS not possible on Cable Modem?

Virgin Media rDNS not possible on Cable Modem?

(OP)
I've been looking to get a PTR (rDNS) record set up on our Static IP provided by Virgin Media Business so that we can use our Mail server without relying upon Smart Hosts all the time.

So far I've been given various reasons why not, first being that we don't have a Static IP (oh yes we do) - but finally, the most consistent answer is "it's not possible for customers using Cable modems".

Now, call me stupid (nicely, please), but my understanding is that a PTR record points a given IP address to an A Record when queried, and therefore has nothing to do with the means whereby one connects physically to the Internet service.

Are Virgin being entirely unhelpful or is there some truth to this? Should we be looking to switch to ADSL instead? Or is it actually because the "Static" IP address we are paying for is in fact a "Fixed Dynamic" IP address (what the hell is that anyway?)

Any thoughts?

Many thanks in advance

Steve

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Tek-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Tek-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Tek-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Tek-Tips and talk with other members! Already a Member? Login

Close Box

Join Tek-Tips® Today!

Join your peers on the Internet's largest technical computer professional community.
It's easy to join and it's free.

Here's Why Members Love Tek-Tips Forums:

Register now while it's still free!

Already a member? Close this window and log in.

Join Us             Close