> Then I started > running "dnstran" on the unix servers in the department and > it ran MUCH faster.
Oddly enough, dnstran was the dns tool I first tried - probably through lack of experience/knowledge I was unable to get it going. I'll have another go, though. It sounds a lot better. Thanks, Alice --- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucian Wischik > Sent: 27 February 2003 10:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [analog-help] alternate DNS server for lookups > > > > I'll have a look at QuickDNS. Unfortunately, reconfiguring the web > > server DNS setting isn't an option. > > I used to use QuickDNS on desktop on my win2000 desktop > connected via a very fast ethernet to its private hub > (administrative oversite) in the university computing > department, but it still wasn't that fast. Then I started > running "dnstran" on the unix servers in the department and > it ran MUCH faster. (also, dnstran is better because will > rewrite logs with the results of the dnslookup). > > I did try using alternative DNS servers with QuickDNS, but > they didn't have much effect. So I'm writing this post, in > case you're in the same position as I was... > > Incidentally, I found that QuickDNS would result in a corrupt > dnscache every now and then, because some naughty machines > had illegal hostnames with spaces in them. QuickDNS would > take them at their word, put spaces in the dnscache file, and > analog would complain. I wrote a helper app to remove these > entries. On the analog.cx helper app page. > > -- > Lucian > > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > +- > | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html > | > | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ > | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > +- > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
