Solving DNS Lag Issue - Gutsy

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Oct 25 21:23:14 UTC 2007


John Mark Walker wrote:

> So after upgrading to Gutsy, I noticed that there was lag when doing a
> domain lookup. I know this has been documented elsewhere, but bear with
> me. I noticed that it's vastly improved when I remove the IP address for
> my wireless router from /etc/resolv.conf - but I don't know how to set
> DHCP not to put in that IP address when negotiating an IP address.

It's easier to just user "prepend" in the dhclient.conf file to prefix the
domain list with your ISP's DNS.  Leave the router's address in there.

> Unfortunately, my router is pretty braindead, so I can't set it from the
> dhcpd end, either. This never happened with Feisty - I'm assuming this is
> related to the IPv6 issue that has been discussed elsewhere?

My guess, too.
-- 
derek





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