Re: dial-up networking: should i add dns ?

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From: Thorfinn
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00

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In aus.computers.linux, on Tue, 12 May 1998 09:47:12 +1000
Mat Ballard <mat.ballard@molsci.csiro.au> wrote:
>i want to speed things up a bit (the ISP uses a 26.6K modem !), so
>can/should i install some form of dns or caching ?

You can install a caching only named if you want to... And it might even
be useful, if your modem is not fast.

Your ISP's connection speed isn't the decision point, given that *they*
should be running a caching named, which you should be using already...

>the one "fly in the ointment" is that my linux server is a 8M 386.

That shouldn't be a problem.  Named is *not* particularly intensive,
unless you're really really heavy on doing a lot of different nslookup
queries.

Later,

    Thorf

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