Tweaking the DNS Server

[Barry Margolin]

In article <di8cma$kcc$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Andy Pieters <x_terminat_or_3 at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Querying the server directly by using nslookup (on Linux) produces the same 
> .5 

Why are you using nslookup instead of dig?  The latter tool will 
actually tell you how long the lookup took.

> to 2sec delay the users are complaining about for the first resolve of a 
> given domain.  Subsequent resolves for the same domain are instantanous but 
> this cache is very short timewise (10-30min)

I think you need to investigate the problem that's causing the 2-second 
delay in the first place.  That's not normal if you have a decent 
Internet connection.

Most domains have cache TTLs between 1 hour and 1 day, so 10-30 minute 
timeouts is also unusual.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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