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Originally Posted by Paul M
Completely pointless I would have thought, certainly in modern windows (2000/xp) as the dns resolver caches the results anyway.
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Ie. Windows XP/2000 have DNS Cache by default. I didnt realise that.
I also I dont run windows, so not
completely pointless for me. Googleing 'Windows DNS Cache" reveals its not without its own problems though.
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Originally Posted by lordy
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?
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Originally Posted by Paul M
Would you like to explain that - how would a local dns server not behave exactly like any other dns server.
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I guess, I thought it would depend on how often the external DNS server is configured to update, as some seem to take longer to sync with Root servers than others. That's all I was getting at.