Op 06-03-13 19:02, Simon Kelley schreef: >> Thanks for your response. In my tests the two main resolvers were >> both equally fast (≈ 1 ms as they had the results cached), so even >> though one may be a tiny bit quicker than the other, I doubt it would >> be an explanation for it choosing a specific server 19 out of 20 >> times. Though it would be interesting to verify this; is there some >> debug option that shows dnsmasq's train of thought? > > The decision is made by which resolver's packet arrives first, so > microseconds count: I guess the ultimate arbiter is the first common switch > in the path from the resolvers to the host running dnsmasq. > > Of course, one resolver will have an advantage because it gets the query sent > to it first. The order that the query is sent to the resolvers isn't defined, > but it's probably a consistent function of their order in the configuration > file.
Ah, if you say it like that -- it makes sense that the same one would be chosen most of the time if they are this close. Thanks! Sjors
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