[ale] DHCP name resolution REAL sloooooow.....

[Randal Jarrett]

That is a strange setup.  From the next message I am gathering that 
192.168.1.254 is your gateway/router or their modem?

If it is the ISPs modem get yourself a router, something like a 
Linksys.

Now back to the problem,  that isn't a valid setup for your 
resolv.conf unless the gateway/modem/router is a dns server.

The ones given in the following message are good ones except
it is usually best to use your ISPs dns servers first and
only use the others for backup.

Check with your ISP and find out what the real dns servers are
and put them in the resolv.conf.

Then put one or more of the others.
   nameserver 4.2.2.4
   nameserver 4.2.2.3
also 
   nameserver 4.2.2.2 
works



On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 20:55 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Randal,
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> 
> I include, as attachment, a copy of the resolv.conf that results from 
> using BellSouth DSL.
> 
> Cordially,
> Courtney
> 
> Randal Jarrett wrote:
> 
> >What does DHCP have to do with name resolution?  I thought that 
> >is done by DNS.
> >
> >>From my understanding the only thing that DHCP could do wrong
> >is give an invalid server address for DNS.  
> >
> >The other thing is if you are using DDNS and it isn't configured
> >correctly.
> >
> >My first guess would be invalid address in resolv.conf as was mentioned.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 02:49 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>What would cause name resolution using dhcp to be so slow on one machine 
> >>on my LAN but not the others ?
> >>
> >>Thank you,
> >>Courtney
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> 
> plain text document attachment (resolv.conf)
> search launchmodem.com
> nameserver 192.168.1.254
> nameserver 192.168.1.254
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