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   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32, comp.os.linux.networking   
   From: none@none.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:07:59 -0800 (PST), 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...   
   >   
   >In order to have a more robust DNS in my Windows laptop, I would like   
   >to implement two measures:   
   >   
   > - The must be some sort of time delay to keep already resolved IP   
   >addresses in Windows, correct? How can I increase this time delay of   
   >the DNS cache?   
   >   
   > - Back when the Internet was young (and so was I, as a sysadmin at   
   >MIT) we had to periodically download a file (/etc/hosts) which   
   >contained, believe or not, the IP addresses of all the Internet   
   >servers. That was the standard way to work, before DNS was invented.   
   >Such technique is still useful, in case DNS is not resolvong my   
   >problems :-) The question is: Where do I hardwire IP addresses in my   
   >Windows laptop? They should be used only when the regular DNS fails.   
   >   
   >TIA,   
   >   
   >-Ramon   
      
   Have you checked out Treewalk DNS? Seems like it's purpose built to   
   address the things you're seeing.   
      
   http://treewalkdns.com/   
   http://ntcanuck.com/   
      
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