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lordy · 08-02-2006, 11:16

Yup. A cahcing Nameserver is a local DNS Server running on your own box. So every DNS request is resolved on your own machine.
This improved things in the old 'dial-up' days. but I'm guessing even with cable/asdl every little bit helps.

I was just wondering if the Linksys routers also implement their own DNS caching (unlikely) or simply pass the request through to the DNS servers provided by the ISP. Now I think about it, its very likely the latter.

The good thing about a local nameserver is that it syncs with the root servers directly. No middleman. So you should get dns updates a bit quicker?

08-02-2006, 11:16	#4
lordy Inactive Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 249	Re: Caching Nameserver? Yup. A cahcing Nameserver is a local DNS Server running on your own box. So every DNS request is resolved on your own machine. This improved things in the old 'dial-up' days. but I'm guessing even with cable/asdl every little bit helps. I was just wondering if the Linksys routers also implement their own DNS caching (unlikely) or simply pass the request through to the DNS servers provided by the ISP. Now I think about it, its very likely the latter. The good thing about a local nameserver is that it syncs with the root servers directly. No middleman. So you should get dns updates a bit quicker?