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   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, comp.os.linux.networking   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   In comp.protocols.tcp-ip Ramon F Herrera  wrote:   
      
   > I own a minimal domain with a single Linux (web, DNS, e-mail, etc.)   
   > server.   
      
   > I happen to travel all over and stay in hotels in the USA and abroad   
   > which sometimes may subscribe to "el cheapo" ISPs which try to   
   > minimize the DNS queries and for some reason queries to my DNS server   
   > end up in the bit bucket or something...   
      
   (snip)   
      
   It seems to me that many resolvers have a small time-out value.   
   They expect at least a caching DNS server nearby.   
      
   If you run a local caching DNS server that should solve the problem.   
   You can also run a local secondary for your specific domain.   
      
   I believe only the "server" versions of windows come with a   
   DNS server, but that free versions of BIND are available   
   that will run on windows.  For other systems, it should be   
   easy to find one, though it might be an install time option.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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