On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 10:46:03 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kh Linux wrote: > > Let me raise it again; the problem is that, I usually get this error message > > from named: > > ";;Connection timed out; no servers could be reached" when I do "# host > > www.yahoo.com", but after the second or third try, it responds correctly. My 2 cents: Might want to uncomment the following line in your named.conf // query-source address * port 53; This will revert to the pre BIND 8.1 behaviour. If you PIX rules are setup that way you probably do not get the delay anymore. Regarding the saturated link: try the eliminate method: stop squid for a moment (yes users will complain) and do some DNS testing and see if anything changes. If DNS responds normally take a look at the squid config. I setup my squid with delay pools to take 80% of our bandwith so some is left for other stuff on the link. Marco.