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Re: [TCLUG:724] DNS timeouts



Quoting Carl Patten (cpatte@trimodalinc.com):
> Bob Tanner wrote:
> > 
> > Is there a way to lengthen the timeouts in the resolver under linux?
> > 
> > I have a client with a very heavily loaded link and DNS requests are
> > timing out because (guessing here) the link is so loaded that the
> > request are not getting out.
> 
> You'd think there'd be an easy way, but I couldn't find it.  Maybe
> adjust the TIMEOUT value in tcp.h and recompile?

That is what I thought, looks like I am off to make custom binaries.

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