On Fri, 30 May 2008 17:02:46 -0700 (PDT), Jon Harrison wrote:
>On Fri, 30 May 2008 16:00:57 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:
>
>> Each new location [i.e., ISP] has their own DNS.
>> Getting to the DNS that each location needed to find everything else
>>has been a mess when the RESOLV2 file is overwritten.
>
>You raise a good point. I have not yet traveled with the TP61 so
>had not thought much about it. I'm interested in the 4.2.2.3 tip.
>Is that just a random known dns server? I have a TLD ip address as
>the 3rd entey in my resolv2 but I have no idea if it ever gets
>queried.
As I got the complete tip from Lewis:
"...4.2.2.1, 2, & 3 work well. They're old GTE servers,
and are fairly responsive..."
FWIW, it also appears that the sequence of the NameServer statements
may [but should not be] significant. In the cases I mentioned, it
seems that the DNS built into the DSL router has to be first. I put
4.2.2.3 next, followed by my own ISP's DNS IPs. If I hit a situation
where a name cannot be resolved, I'll remove the Read-Only, add it to
the list, reset to Read-Only and go from there.
This all said, I'm not claiming I know why this is working well. But,
I'll keep doing it as long as it works.
[Thanks, again, to Lewis!]
Carl
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