Your TTL already seems to be zero (note the second field in the answer record):
chilin$ dig stream.klaradio.com ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> stream.klaradio.com ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; stream.klaradio.com, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: stream.klaradio.com. 0S IN A 164.67.190.178 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: klaradio.com. 1d9h40m58s IN NS NS1.klaradio.com. klaradio.com. 1d9h40m58s IN NS NS2.klaradio.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: NS1.klaradio.com. 0S IN A 209.241.149.168 NS2.klaradio.com. 1d9h40m58s IN A 209.241.149.169 ;; Total query time: 3604 msec ;; FROM: chilin to SERVER: default -- 127.0.0.1 ;; WHEN: Tue May 4 09:46:03 1999 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 37 rcvd: 133 Lev Lvovsky wrote: > Hello, > > I recently set it up so that my linux box runs the klaradio.com domain. I > am running my own DNS server off the machine, and I have a few questions: > > one of the addresses that I'd like to put under a subdomain of the site > (stream.klaradio.com) has it's IP changed somewhat frequently (once a > month), a guru here at work mention the TTL option in the DNS settings for > the site as being updated more frequently than normal for this so that the > cache files of other servers aren't outdated...since then the guru has > left (*snifff*), and I'm really curiou how to do this....more > specifically, would this change the TTL times of the whole site? I assume > that it would, as I 've only seen one entry for TTL for a whole zone. > > Also, I'm running this over an ADSL line 384/384kbps that usually sees > around 20Kb/s during peak hours...is it normal for there to be a delay of > around 10 seconds for a lookup to be performed by a non-local machine > (heh, go ahead, give it a try :). > > thanks !!! > -lev > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]