On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 05:55, Jeff Lasman wrote: > On Friday 02 January 2004 02:26 am, Ade wrote: > > > In any order - is this true? > > Short answer: Yes. > > > Wont it try primary first and then if > > no response, try secondary etc ?? > > Short answer: Nope. Which is one reason why they're no longer called > primary and secondary, but rather master and slave. > > Longer answer: if my recollection is reliable, DNS gets queried in the > order in which the nameservers are returned, and accepts the answer > from the first one it gets. Which depends on network speed, > geographical location, and lots of other variables you can't control. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, nobaloney.net, P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA 92517 US > Professional Internet Services & Support / Consulting / Colocation > Our blists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 324-9706, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Thanks for your help. My understanding of how DNS works is much better now.
