DNS Lookup NetID / JOINEUI

LoRaWAN LoRaWAN Specifications
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Hi there!

I am currently working through the LoRaWAN backend specification and came across a part about DNS resolving NetIDs and JoinEUIs.

It says that the LoRa alliance shall provied two DNS zones to resolve unknown NetIDs/JoinEUIs (when dealing with foreign nodes in a roaming scenario i guess).

In the specification it says that for example the following FQDN would to be resolved:
60050a.NETIDS.lorawan.net

According to: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/prefix-assignments/ TTNs NetID would be 000013 so I would assume that the following should give me something:

dig 000013.NETIDs.lorawa.net

It seems there is not much information about this specific topic on the internet. Is it possible to do these kind of queries or do you have to be member of the alliance/have a public NetID on your own to have access to those information?

I would be glad to have some hints on clarification to that specific topic.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Chris

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Not withstanding the fact this is a mistype wrt the 1st instance :slight_smile: you will be lucky to get a response on the forum for this level of detail wrt backend implementations, as most likely needs a TTI Core team member to pick up vs the forum Volunteers (assuming you are asking this in the context of using TTN - TTS(Sandbox) - or your own instance of TTS, as if it is a general enquiry for your own LNS/Network instantiation not using TTS or for your use with other network providers it would be out of scope here). If former then most likely option for a TTI response would be to post to The Things Slack - perhaps on #support channel. Best of all and for wider use case would be to perhaps contact the L-A and ask them?

Most likely as more folk are users and implementers and focussed on front end and devices/gateways etc - few bother to read the specifications in detail even then - rather than people who would get into the weeds of the back end specifications :wink: :man_shrugging: (Taken care of for us by the people with special powers and LoRaWAN MoJo in the TTI team :slight_smile: )