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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!troll.apana.org.au!rivendell.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: BIND drives me nuts Date: 15 Nov 1994 13:30:00 +1000 Organization: Rivendell - APANA Brisbane Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3a99vo$jth@rivendell.apana.org.au> References: <Cyv8Bz.vL@luva.lb.bawue.de> <CyxK9v.KIz@indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rivendell.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Barnacle Wes (wes@indirect.com) wrote: : : Now the problem: if the slip connection isn't active (99 % of the : : time) a simple `telnet setha' needs between 2..3 minutes to be : : built because either the resolver or the nameserver are queried : : endless times before the connaect is actually made, grrrrr. : : Is there any workaround? (Please no answers like connect forever : : to the world :-) You could always cheat :-) and put the names and IPs in /etc/hosts on each machine, and run your resolver as 'order hosts, bind'... But of course that's a kluge - best to do it properly if you can :^) : Whichever approach you take, I *highly* recommend you obtain a copy : of O'Reilly and Associates _TCP/IP Network Administration_. Agreed. Phil. -- Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au "She keeps some memories locked away, but they are always escaping"