Re: Efficacy of using short timeout values for an A record

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Oliver Garraux wrote: >> I need to setup an A record for a machine who's IP might change >> unexpectedly, and I need to ensure PCs out there cache it for as short >> a time as possible: >> >>    host1    300  IN A 10.10.10.10 >> >> Does anyone know whether MS windo

Efficacy of using short timeout values for an A record

Hi, I need to setup an A record for a machine who's IP might change unexpectedly, and I need to ensure PCs out there cache it for as short a time as possible: host1300 IN A 10.10.10.10 Does anyone know whether MS windows PCs will in fact honour that 300s, then force a re-lookup? Can I