On 11/12/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:34 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I've heard that one could run a local DNS server to speed up internet > access. Does this have a real-world advantage for a home user? It can, if your ISP's DNS servers are crap (some are - my last couple of ISP's were).
Actually, I suspect that my university's DNS servers are crap. Often at the university, ten minutes will go by where I cannot reach certain sites, but others I can reach.
> As I understand it, the first time I go to www.example.com it would > have to contact the ISP's DNS servers to find the address, so there is > not advantage, but the next time it should be cached. Is this > accurate? That's true. The same thing applies to the ISP's DNS servers. If you're looking up addresses that no-one else has, or if it's cached data has been purged in the meantime. Of course, your subsequent queries are going to get faster responses, and if the server is on your network, that's going to be faster than your ISP's, especially if you're on dial-up. Another advantage is if you run a network of computers. You can dispense with messing with the hosts files on all of them.
How much drive space does this occupy? I've become very consious of drive space, not that I have any particular problems with +- gigs free, but I'd like to know. Thanks. http://lyricslist.com/
