Re: ppp and new users (was: Re: Tecnology and marketing)
Quoting Ulf Fredriksson (turbo@tripnet.se):
> Just add them (DNS entries) on a separate line, like mine, one nameserver
> per provider or the like:
>
> ----- s n i p p -----
> nameserver 194.52.205.2
> nameserver 194.52.205.3
> nameserver 194.52.8.106
> nameserver 130.241.141.170
> nameserver 195.100.10.3
> nameserver 192.36.125.2
> ----- s n i p p -----
>
> Please do not use exactly these number, but the thing is, you can have as
> many nameserver entries you like in this file (/etc/resolv.conf)...
Quoting resolv.conf(5):
nameserver
Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server
that the resolver should query. Up to MAXNS (cur
rently 3) name servers may be listed, one per key
word. If there are multiple servers, the resolver
library queries them in the order listed. If no
nameserver entries are present, the default is to
use the name server on the local machine. (The
algorithm used is to try a name server, and if the
query times out, try the next, until out of name
servers, then repeat trying all the name servers
until a maximum number of retries are made).
What you're suggesting doesn't help--the system will always just use the
first three nameservers. You'll never know because they'll work
perfectly well, but there are the issues of wasted bandwith and
potentially longer response times.
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