Re: Dns Cache -- Thanks for any help

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:17:41 -0600

"Joe Hardin" <spepa@c-gate.net> wrote in message
news:#m9XCrP7EHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> The setup:
>
> 1. Win2K dns servers with forwarding enabled.
> 2. Win2K Pro and XP Pro workstations.
> 3. T-1 internet connection.
>
> When a workstation cannot resolve a browser request and the request is
sent
> to the local dns server and it cannot locally resolve but must forward the
> request to the internet, does the local Win 2K server cache the results
from
> the remote internet dns server that was used as a forwarder?

Yes. (if it caches at all which is the expect default.)

> Without editing the registry, is there a "more safe" method of increasing
> the size of the Win 2K server's dns cache?

I will bet it is already bigger than you need.
What makes you think it is full? Generally it is
TIME sensitive rather than size restricted.

Win2000+ stations also cache locally.

> I'm considering any and everyway to speed up the internet browsing as you
> can tell.

ISA is your friend.

To where do your internal DNS server forward?

You might help slightly if you forward to your gateway/
firewall and let it forward to the ISP DNS rather than
direct. 

-- 
Herb Martin
>
> Thanks for everyone's comments,
>
> Joe Hardin
> Taylorsville, MS
>
> spepa@c-gate.net
>
>
>

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