Just set up your own DNS server. Forward to their DNS servers (they should be a fixed address, right :) Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason DeStefano" <destef at destef.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Network Timeouts > DNS timeouts has been my experience. Remove entries in > your resolve.conf file. If you are DHCP you're out of luck (or > else script the removal). It appears to me that TimeWarner (at > least) will hang on 10.* DNS lookups rather than reply immediately > with no answer. I've had to just live with the problem although > its more like only 5-10 seconds for me. > > Just an idea... > > > At 06:48 AM 9/4/01 +0200, you wrote: > >On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:28:52PM -0500, Jay Kline wrote: > >> I recently set up a new server, and am having some network troubles. The > >> problem is it takes 30 some seconds for POP3 to connect up. When I > telnet to > >> it "connects" right away, but it takes 20-30 seconds before the POP > >> converstaion to start. The same for FTP and other protocols. I know > there > >> is a setting for this somewhere, but I dont know how to change it or > what to > >> change it to. Can anyone direct me to the right place? > > > >Dns timeout? > > > >-- > > Thomas Eibner <http://thomas.eibner.dk/> DnsZone <http://dnszone.org/> > > mod_pointer <http://stderr.net/mod_pointer> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >