* Paul W. Abrahams <abrahams@acm.org> [02-02-04 22:59]:
So how did you locate those three nameservers?
re: partial header from mail you posted to me: Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by wahoo.no-ip.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50FBB633F8 for <paka@wahoo.no-ip.org>; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:22:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from suillus.local (h002078d6b671.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.91.182.73]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004012805221501100jeob8e>; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 05:22:15 +0000 From: "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@acm.org> from that header: (h002078d6b671.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.91.182.73]) pat@wahoo:~> /usr/sbin/traceroute 24.91.182.73 traceroute to 24.91.182.73 (24.91.182.73), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets x .......... 16 bar02-p7-0.ndhmhe1.ma.attbb.net (24.91.0.46) 51.224 ms 50.757 ms 52.968 ms 17 bar01-p0-0.wsfdhe1.ma.attbb.net (24.128.0.102) 59.678 ms 62.060 ms 64.076 ms 18 bar01-p0-0.natnhe1.ma.attbb.net (24.128.190.198) 66.459 ms 68.591 ms 70.722 ms 19 bar01-p0-1.drfdhe1.ma.attbb.net (24.91.0.82) 73.010 ms 75.044 ms 76.724 ms 20 ubr01-p2-0.drfdhe1.ma.attbb.net (24.91.0.90) 79.511 ms 81.961 ms 84.036 ms 21 h002078d6b671.ne.client2.attbi.com (24.91.182.73) 56.298 ms 58.441 ms 60.329 ms pat@wahoo:~> whois 24.91.182.73 GeekTools Whois Proxy v5.0.3 Ready. Checking access for 24.208.208.146... ok. Final results obtained from whois.arin.net. Results: OrgName: Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc OrgID: CCCH-3 Address: 3 Executive Campus Address: 5th Campus City: Cherry Hill StateProv: NJ PostalCode: 08002 Country: US NetRange: 24.91.0.0 - 24.91.255.255 CIDR: 24.91.0.0/16 NetName: RW2-NORTHEAST-2 NetHandle: NET-24-91-0-0-1 Parent: NET-24-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS4.ATTBB.NET NameServer: NS5.ATTBB.NET NameServer: NS6.ATTBB.NET Comment: RegDate: Updated: 2003-08-06 OrgAbuseHandle: NAPO-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Network Abuse and Policy Observance OrgAbusePhone: +1-856-317-7272 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@comcast.net OrgTechHandle: IC161-ARIN OrgTechName: Comcast Cable Communications Inc OrgTechPhone: +1-856-317-7200 OrgTechEmail: cips_ip-registration@cable.comcast.com # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-02-02 22:49 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. Results brought to you by the GeekTools WHOIS Proxy Server results may be copyrighted and are used with permission. Your host (24.208.208.146) has visited 4 times today. NameServer: NS4.ATTBB.NET 24.128.1.82 NameServer: NS5.ATTBB.NET 24.130.1.43 NameServer: NS6.ATTBB.NET 24.129.0.103 Seems you are local to attbb.net (attbi.com, 24.91.182.73) and they use ns?.attbb.net for nameservers, that would be local to you also. Local should be quicker ???? and quicker/faster resolution should get you better performance web-wise ??? Please advise if my thought process is convoluted. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org