Re: DNS Cacheing

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> > What's the real goal?
> >
>
> So many questions, lol...
>
> "IP addresses starting with 127 are not valid because they are reserved
> for loopback addresses"

This is perfectly fine on the SAME machine as the one where the cache
DNS runs -- you may also just use the IP address (of that same machine.)

> I'm just trying to avoid hitting up my ISP's DNS servers repeatedly for
> the same addys.

I take it you are running this on a Workstation (non-Server) and so cannot
just run the Microsoft DNS server.

> FastCache increases the hold time for DNS lookups (if that's the correct
> terminology); I'm tired of getting Not Founds using my ISP's DNS servers
> about 10% of the time (then when I immediately retry it usually works).


10%? -- unless you are a spammer with very dirty mailing lists (lots of
invalid
domains) then this is totally unacceptable and indicates you should just
avoid the ISP DNS completely.

If you use an internal DNS (for AD etc.) then you should configure your
internal clients to use STRICTLY that internal DNS and let it worry about
external resolution. ( I am assuming that is not your case however.)

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"Rick T" <plinnane3REMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Herb Martin wrote:
> > "Rick T" <plinnane3REMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:u4n9512oFHA.3036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>I'm installing AnalogX's FastCache; it requires DNS to be set to
> >>127.0.0.1, but when I do that I get an error message.
> >>
> >
> >
> > What is the error message?
> >
> > Chances are it's innocuous if you really have a working
> > caching DNS server on the same machine.
> >
> > BTW, why are you doing this?
> >
> > (All Win2000 class machines have a built-in, on by default
> > DNS cache for themselves. Are you going to be a caching-only
> > DNS server for other machines in your network?)
> >
>
> Rick


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