[WBEL-users] Slow DNS - final word

[Nigel Kendrick]

Having revisted my slow Web server problem today (suspected DNS issue), I
have now confirmed that the initial problem was caused by the Linux server
not being given the correct permissions to use the in-house Win2K-based DNS
services and so after a timeout the Linux server was falling back to using
the default gateway (ADSL router) and thus our ISP's DNS servers.

Telling the Linux server to use the ISP's DNS servers directly semi-cured
the problem, but now that I have found some documents on the Internet
relating to Linux-->Win2K-based DNS services and implemented the suggestions
I now have a very fast Web server that delivers pages in 'no time at all'!!

No doubt some would have have been able to sort this out in a flash - now,
so will I if I need to again! Wonderful things 'learning curves'!

Thanks again to all those who offered advice.

Nigel Kendrick


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