Wood Brent wrote:
> A question for you lan experts:
>
> I have a M7.2 box with a cable modem. This is
> connected to a local lan with various M$ boxes, via a
> 10/100 switch. Local lan is 192.168.0.n, assigned with
> DHCP from the linux box.
>
> Everything works OK, but ftp & X on the lan are very
> slow, with heaps of activity on the hub LED's.
>
> I'm not familiar with this area much, but have the
> impression it may be dns related, as I'm not running
> the linux box as a dns. I'm wondering if the 192*
> addresses are having packets going via the DNS which
> is an IP address at my ISP, causing the speed problem.
>
I have a very similar system. Cable Modem/LM7.2/Samba/Win9X boxes
My windows boxes use DHCP from my Linux box as well. I think what would
really help your situation is to set up a 'caching only' DNS on your
Linux box to all local name resolution could take place without an
unintended trip to your ISP's DNS. I am not certain if that is your
performance problem, but my system work great and I don't suffer any
performance problems (operator problems on occasion)
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David Rankin
Nacogdoches, Texas
