The 03.10.06 at 21:00, Basil Chupin wrote:
I've just read your most recent response to Bernd re how to install this you-beaut-speeder-upper-of-modem-connections and I have to admit it had me totally confused within minutes :-). But maybe Bernd will not be confused :-).
Sorry O:-)
However, what I really want to know is: what exactly do you mean by "It makes for some faster connections over a modem."?
Do you mean that you will get connected faster to your ISP when you dial-in?
No.
Or do you mean that the data transfer rates between you and the ISP will be faster once the connection has been established?
Neither :-) No, simply DNS queries will be faster, because the second time you need one, it is made locally, and not to a remote server. This applies, for example, when browsing, and on some mail sending/receiving operations, and it asumes, of course, that repeated or frequent dns queries over a modem line are slow. How slow? that depends, of course. Notice that if you ask your remote server for a name, and it doesn't knows already, it has to ask further up the chain, adding time. The second time should be faster, but asking locally would be instantaneous. On the other hand, it can use a lot of memory over time. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson