On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:43:10 -0500, Dave Rudisill <denali@alaska.net>
wrote in <tstrk21a8m0cg16tct5fk0c8586jauecqh@4ax.com>:

>>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:59:42 -0500, Dave Rudisill <denali@alaska.net>
>>wrote in <aj3pk2hsui2jrlkae2igs80028lrpq37in@4ax.com>:
>>
><snip>
>>
>>>I had the same problem, and Jeff gave me the fix. He said:
>>>
>>>Disable the DNS cache.
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;318803
>>
>>Then there's something else wrong, because DNS caching does work. You
>>may want to investigate further, because it contributes significantly to
>>performance. Turning it off to solve the problem is like not driving
>>your car because the rear view mirror is fogged up. ;)
>>
>>>The worst part is that it will also cache failed DNS lookups for 15
>>>minutes
>>
>>My Cable-DLS Guide has long had advice on how to disable negative DNS
>>caching, which does make sense -- see link below.
>>
>>>and valid (but out of date) DNS lookups for a full day.
>>
>>There really is no such animal -- something is wrong.
>
>Since implementing Jeff's suggestion in January, the problem, which was
>occurring daily, has not occurred once.
>
>I have noticed no degradation in performance, but that's merely a
>subjective observation from somebody who attaches to networks with
>wildly varying performance almost daily.
>
>Jeff, as usual, was right.

About what? DNS caching definitely does work, and (as I wrote) turning
it off to solve the problem is like not driving your car because the
rear view mirror is fogged up.

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