Re: bind

[Rob MacWilliams <robmacw@cl-sys.com>]

> 
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, dada wrote:
> 
> > I instaled "bind" pakage to make an DNS server to my local area network
> > (to learn how setup it).
> > 
> > Before install it, Netscape works fine. But now,ie: when I open and web
> > page in my hardisk,Netscape don't work fine (it wait too much time and I
> > have to kill it,becouse it newer open that page). If I stop the deamon
> > "named" and re-run Netscape,it works fine.
> 
> 	Here is what my powerful divination talents tell me.
> 	You only have problems when you are not connected to the Internet.
> What happens is that Netscape reads the file, and for some reason tries to
> resolve an address that it contains. So it queries the local name server,
> i.e. your local bind server. But most probably your server does not have
> the necessary information in its local file. Thus it tries to contact
> another name server on the Internet. But since it's offline the UDP
> messages are not answered and eventually time out. After trying many times
> it will definitely give up. This is why netscape seems dead.
> 	It may even happen that if you try to use the menus you
> will have to kill you X session. At least that's what happened to me.
> 	Solutions:
>  - Stop using bind.
>  - Change the named.boot file depending on whether you are connected
> or not. When not connected don't use forwarders.
>  - Set up dial on demand AND arrange for the DNS resolution packets to
> trigger the connection.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Francois Gouget
> fgouget@club-internet.fr                http://www.mygale.org/~fgouget/
> 


You might also try telling Netscape not to load a default page on startup.  That seemed 
to help me.


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