Amadeus Stevenson wrote:
>>># time nslookup www.whales.org
>>>    2.62s real     0.00s user     0.00s system
>>
>>Hmm, two seconds or maybe three in order to resolve a host or domain name
>>isn't much imho. Sometimes it takes even longer, depending on the domain
>>you wish to resolve. Try for example www.wz.zj.cn :-)
> 
> 
> I've tried a range of hostnames to resolve, and the internet link is
> fast. Even the domain you suggested on other system resolves in well
> under a second. I'm getting consistent over 2 seconds for all domains.
do you use your ISP dns server for lookups? if not put

forwarders {
    123.456.789.0; /* first ISP dns server */
    098.765.432.1; /* second ISP dns server */
};

in named.conf

> Thanks
hope this helps

> Amadeus
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