Felix Miata wrote:
My web browsers often seem to spend a lot of time reporting "looking up host <blah>". I'd like to see less of that in 2014, and spend less time watching nothing happen in the browser's viewport.
http://www.edwin.io/optimized-resolv-conf seems to make sense, but it includes no discussion of a local nameserver, such as the one typically enabled by default in an internet router, only using Google IPs. Anyone have anything to add or dispute what it says?
A local nameserver should presumably be read to mean one on your local network, where you would (also presumably) want to always direct your queries. Then you could 'optimize' your resolv.conf to just "nameserver <your-local-nameserver>".
Is there any convenient way to evaluate average response times from various servers?
'dig' will tell you, but you'd have to work out the average times yourself.
Are there reasons why the servers provided by the ISP subscribed to shouldn't be preferred?
Not AFAICS. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.3°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org