Harold, you need a second computer that you can just play with so you can leave your main computer alone. Unless you have a really unreliable dns server or one that's frequently down or overloaded you really aren't going to notice much difference. You are talking about saving a few hundred milliseconds in making a connection because your computer doesn't have to look up the ip number when you type in something like cnn.com.
So if you set the dns timeout to a longer than 30 minute interval (30 min = 1800 seconds) you won't be looking up ip addresses as often and might save a few hundred milliseconds in loading a page. You would put a value in seconds in the Dword value of something greater than 1800. But if a particular dns address has changed you will get a page not found because your computer didn't look it up and used the stored information. I have no idea if this effects Netscape although these sure look like Internet Explorer only settings in the registry. This is probably a Gerald question. I personally would just leave it alone unless you have an unreliable dns server. And I think there are some 3rd party software programs that will solve that problem more effectively. But I know you are going to try it anyway. ;-) Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:47 PM Subject: PCWorks: Registry & DNS entries > Hello again, > > "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" never was a favorite of > mine. I like to make things better all the time, disaster > notwithstanding. Note that Lockergnome's advice below seems to > be for I.E. and I use Netscape. > > Before a Web page (webpage?) can fully load, your browser must > first resolve the domain name to its corresponding IP > address(es). Since Internet Explorer 4.0, the DNS cache has > been resetting itself every thirty minutes. If this time-out > setting is way too short for your tastes, then you'll need to > fire up the Registry editor and navigate to > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ > CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings key. > > In the right-hand pane, right-click and add a new DWORD value. > Rename the new entry: "DnsCacheTimeout" (sans quotes). > Double-click to edit it's properties, changing the type to > Decimal before proceeding. What should 'Value data' be set to? > Well, whatever you pick, this is the number of seconds between > cache flushings. The higher - the greater the chance of not > having the freshest DNS entry. The lower - the more time it > will take your system to resolve DNS entries. > > 1. Any opinions on this from our experienced users? > 2. Is this appropriate for Netscape too? > 3. Starting with 'Value date' ... what are they talking about > and what changes should one make? > 4. No cause for alarm ... I'm backing up the registry. > > Harold ... http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Navigator.html > ... in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
