Jon> You can get around this problem pretty easily by simply installing Jon> your own caching DNS server on your workstation - then putting Jon> 127.0.0.1 as the first nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf
I like this idea. I have used "dnsmasq" in the past. It's a very simple caching DNS server and DHCP server (DHCP is disabled by default). The configuration is easy, easy, easy.
I might try this out, but first, let's try Timothy's fix.
Timothy> What about adding:
Timothy> 127.0.0.1 localhost ... laptop laptop.workdomain.com laptop.homedomain.com
Timothy> to /etc/hosts?
This was enough:
127.0.0.1 localhost laptop
Thanks to everyone who shared my curiosity about this problem.
Alan
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