Howard M. Stark wrote:
> My system, mozilla 2001051804 win 98, seems to take an awful amount of
> time resolving host when I brouse to a new URL. What is it doing? Is it
> doing it on my system or the ISP? Can it be made faster. If it is a
> Mozilla issue it should be checked into.
>
> Thanks
Resolving host means looking up the address. See, Mozilla.org really is
207.200.81.215. When you type mozilla.org, your computer asks your ISPs
Domain Name Server (DNS) what mozilla.org translates to. If that server
doesn't know, it asks the next higher up DNS up until it reaches the end
of the chain. If it still can't find the address than you are told the
site doesn't exist. It's probably taking a long time because your ISPs
DNS doesn't have the address cached and has to spend a lot of time
trying to find it
