On 5/16/2008 10:08 AM, L.P.H. van Belle wrote: >>> set your resolve.conf to resolve on localhost first and set the >>> search order. >>> >>> example of the resolve.conf >>> search yourlocaldomain.internal.local otherdomain.com >>> nameserver 127.0.0.1 >>> nameserver ipofprovider
>> Much better to use the opendns servers than any randon ISP DNS... > First why use open dns servers. > the dns servers of your provider is much less hops away. Hops really don't matter... most ISP DNS servers are unreliable... some are extremely unreliable... I said 'random' meaning, it really wouldn't matter what ISP you were using, I'd say the same thing... > if you run you own dns server with caching modus on you have a very > fast dns response and less traffic. Of course... but we weren't talking about someone using their own full DNS server, we were talking about using ISP DNS servers as forwarders... > in this example i first point to you own dns server. > ( i also have forwarding dns servers in my bind9 config ) > and i added 3 dns server of my provider in my resolve.conf If you are running your own full blown DNS server, why on earth would you use *any* forwarders? Just use the root servers. But *if* you are going to use forwarders, then the opendns servers are much more reliable - and from my experience, much *faster* too - than any random ISP DNS servers someone might be using... I agree one should, at a minimum, run a caching DNS server locally - but again, use the opendns servers as your forwarders... -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba