--- "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: > > >>Ah. Thanks for the explanation. I am connecting to > >>my ISP through ADSL > >>modem (that x.y.z.z was my IP at that time). So > from > >>your explanation > >>the problem could be at their end? > >> > >>->HS > > > > > > Yes, I think so, nevertheless you can test this if > you > > setup a bind9 server as a caching only name > server, > > and the response from route -n should be faster > than > > the one you have right now. > > > > Extending the explanation: > > Also if you have a private network and route try > to > > resolve the ip's from your private network to > names, > > then the problem comes becuase your ISP does not > map > > your private ip's to names, and that's why it > takes > > too much time. Then if you have a private network > I > > recommend you set up a caching only server, and > > resolve your ip's to names, you do not need a > public > > domain, but you must have a line in your > named.conf > > like > > > > notify no; > > > > in order to don't get other servers confused with > the > > private domain that you will use. Also you can map > > your ip's just to names like 192.168.0.1 > correspond to > > alex_arc for example. > > > > You can get a much better picture of all with the > > DNS-HOWTO and also recommend you to read the RFC's > > that comes in the HOWTO (Just for fun). > > > > Regards. > > > > ===== > > -- > > Sergio Basurto J. > > > > Yes, I do have a private network with machines on > 192.168.0.x (total 4 > machines actually). Doesn't having all their IPs and > their names in my > /etc/hosts file help in my case? Or shouldn't it? > > ->HS > Yes more easy, if you only have 4 machines it would help.
Regards. ===== -- Sergio Basurto J. If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton) -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]