[ILUG] bind 8.2/netscape problem

[John Allen]

Paul Jakma wrote:

> i'm having a problem with DNS/netscape.
>
> whenever i try to go to a site that i havn't been to before, 9/10 times
> netscape pretty quickly returns "no such host". If i reload it works.
>
> i've tried with nslookup to check whether it's bind or netscape. But
> nslookup always works, albeit a tad slowly on new/uncached hostnames.
>
> I've got bind 8.2.2p5, options in named.conf are mostly default. eg
> recursion yes, fetch-glue yes, multiple-cnames yes. I've tried with and
> without the dial-up option but that doesn't make a difference.
>
> Has anyone noticed this problem on RH6.1+netscape 4.7+caching ns/bind
> 8.2?
>

I'm not using Redhat, but Mandy 6.1, and it works fine, except for then
net connection has to be brought up, then it takes ages for Netscape
to connect.

>
> -paul jakma.
>
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