thanks Mr Randy... I don't think squid is necessary in retrospect.. first of all, there are only currently 5 other systems on the network, and two of them are test servers that serve no other purpose but testing cgi scripts. (win2000 and linux)
the others are workstations, and we have very different usage patterns, so squid would not be much help. a dns speedup would be great, so if there isn't an answer here by tomorrow, I guess I'll try the expert list.. I don't want a howto, just some tips, I tried STFW and RTFM but didn't find anything useful really.. I know how to setup bind already, just not a cache for local network. rgds Frank. -----Original Message----- From: Randy Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 3:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: [newbie] setting up a dnscache. Franki wrote: > I'd love some tips,,, is this a question for the expert list? I suspect so, especially if you don't get any answer in the next 24 hours. I can't help you, I can spell DNS, I've read about it, but never set it up. Uuh, wait: Maybe I can help on squid -- it can save on total bandwidth if you call the same (static) pages multiple times. Most likely scenario is if you have a LAN with several users with similar interests. I say static pages but that's not absolutely necessary. The point is, the HTML headers, or squid, or something will recognize when the page should be considered out-of-date (expired) at which point a fresh page is fetched from the Internet. To state what I didn't quite say earlier, the bandwidth savings come from multiple views of the same (exact) page. If a page has headers that say it will expire in 30 minutes, you will save a lot of bandwidth if 50 users all call it within the same half hour, but you will save nothing if each view is, for example, 31 minutes apart. The other thing for those 50 users in the same half hour is that 49 of them will get very quick response, even if the LAN connection to the Internet is a dial up. The first caller will suffer the dial up slowness. Randy Kramer > (-: =================== The Question =================== :-) > > Hi guys,, > > I have a question.. the only slow thing about this new ADSL setup is the > dnslookups, it takes about 4 or 5 seconds when I enter a link before it > starts loading.. (resolving dns.) > > I know that its possible to setup a dnscache for the local network. but I am > not sure how to go about it. > > I ran the wizard for dns in the control center of 8.2 but I have no idea if > its working.. > is it supposed to be bind?? if I do a: service named status > I get this message: > rndc: connect failed: connection refused > > and thats as root. > > Does anyone know what I am talking about??? or what I can do to speed up the > lookups? > > Also, is it worth setting up squid for the internal network? will it save me > on total bandwidth for the month? (I am on a limit..) > > any tips would be much appreciated. > > regards > > Frank > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Name: message.footer > Part 1.2 Type: Plain Text (text/plain) > Encoding: 7bit > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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