[WBEL-users] Slow DNS/Web server - fixed

Sat, 24 Jul 2004 04:19:44 -0500

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On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 04:06, Nigel Kendrick wrote:

> 2) Noticed that my comparison system (a PIII-500 with 256MB running RH9) had
> the ISP's DNS servers listed in resolv.conf (that site has no local DNS
> server) whereas the WBEL site had the address of the Internet gateway listed
> (using the gateway as a forwarder). Changed WBEL resolv.conf to the ISP's
> DNS servers and the delay on Web page serving is now as expected. 
> 

If I were you, I would setup a caching-only DNS server on that box (or
at least on one machine inside your firewall) that you can use as a
local DNS machine.

> Thanks to all who posted suggestions on this issue.
> 
> Nigel Kendrick
> 

Johnny Hughes
HughesJR.com

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On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 04:06, Nigel Kendrick wrote:
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<PRE>2) Noticed that my comparison system (a PIII-500 with 256MB running RH9) had
the ISP's DNS servers listed in resolv.conf (that site has no local DNS
server) whereas the WBEL site had the address of the Internet gateway listed
(using the gateway as a forwarder). Changed WBEL resolv.conf to the ISP's
DNS servers and the delay on Web page serving is now as expected. 
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If I were you, I would setup a caching-only DNS server on that box (or at least on one machine inside your firewall) that you can use as a local DNS machine. 
 
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<PRE>Thanks to all who posted suggestions on this issue.

Nigel Kendrick
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