Under RFC 2782, among records of equal priority, larger weights should be given a proportionately higher probability of selection, and weight-0 records get a very small chance of selection when others exist.

Checked 2026-09-24

Larger weights SHOULD be given a proportionately higher probability of being selected.
Vendor
IETF
Product
DNS
Subsystem
SRV
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 2782 (February 2000)
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). DNS SRV and service discovery for SIP: source note dns-srv-voice-rfc2782-weight. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/dns-srv-voice-rfc2782-weight

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-dns-srv-voice-rfc2782-weight,
  title  = {DNS SRV and service discovery for SIP: source note dns-srv-voice-rfc2782-weight},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/dns-srv-voice-rfc2782-weight},
  note   = {Source note dns-srv-voice-rfc2782-weight, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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