Brad Campbell wrote:
> Now, all is pretty groovy with this setup..
>
> I'm at someones office right now and my current /etc/resolv.conf is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search home
> nameserver 192.168.2.1
> nameserver 192.168.1.8
>
> So when my vpn is up, all my dns lookups are forced over the vpn, and I
> can resolve my network (and
> the rest of the world). When my VPN is down that nameserver times out
> and it all falls back to the
> local nameserver.
>
> Problem is really related to speed.
> At the moment all my lookups go over the vpn. In Dubai that is ok as I'm
> never more than about 80ms
> from my server. But when I'm away it can be as much as 600ms.
>
Never tunnel a lookup, unless that is the only solution. You will have
the unnecessary overhead of the encapsulation as well.
- snip -
>
> Perhaps I need to run Gentoo and do full system recompiles with tweaked
> out CFLAGS to give me
> something to do, or even re-grease my cpu's with arctiv silver 5 to sink
> that extra 2 degrees of heat.
What has CFLAGS got to do with a NS lookup
>
> Brad (who has despaired at the lack of list activity of late and taken a
> deep vow to change that)
Quite strange indeed ..
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