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

[Rafael Baquero S.]

On Saturday 24 July 2004 04:19, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 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.

Absolutely. It usually helps to speed things up, sometimes considerably.

> > Thanks to all who posted suggestions on this issue.
> >
> > Nigel Kendrick
>
> Johnny Hughes
> HughesJR.com