Re: dns slowdown blue G3/8.6

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From: Alan W. Frame
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:00

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Andrew Kearney <andy@akearney.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I should point out that I am a demon customer.... used the wrong address
> :-)
> 
> Andrew Kearney wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been experiencing some strange problems with my connection for
> > the last couple of days. All name lookups seem to take ages - like up to
> > 20 sec.. This is very annoying, but as I haven't seen anything on the
> > status pages, I am wondering if it is something to do with my set-up. I
> > am using a blue G3/350 with MacOS 8.6, and remote access/ppp.
> > This happens with everything, from eudora, to navigator, to Q3Test. Has
> > anyone else seen anything like this?

Are you using the correct Demon DNS?

Er, 158.152.1.58 and 158.152.1.43, IIRC.

Failing that, have you tried trashing the MacTCP DNR file in the system
folder?

rgds, Alan
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