Search Again: Re: Missing A records and slow resolution From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 Time: 10:43:00 am At 9:48 AM +0000 12/13/99, Dale Therio wrote: >Hi folks, > >I'm the co-lo customer <g> (a short plug for mia.net, they have >been very helpful in all the stuff dealing with me moving my >machines and stuff) > >I had thought in the past that having multiple A records to the >same IP number was a "bad thing". Should we simply dump all the >CNAMEs and make them all A records? This would be fine for me. > >But do you folks think this is really the reason why some >domains are so slow to respond (sometimes even timing out)? > >e.g. www.guhl.org. www.kistner-online.com > >vs. http://www.resourcecenterdallas.org/ or www.colony.net > >Thanks to all for you suggestions and help. > >Dale Nope, that's not it. The DNS is fine. I verified this by sending recursive queries to my local server (using DNS Expert, of course) for the various names listed above. All were resolved in under 300 ms. However, I have also verified the speed difference between these sites. And I have used this to again verify that the problem is not the DNS: A reload takes just as long as the first time around for both www.kistner-online.com and www.guhl.org. Furthermore, the problem is not bandwidth. Firstly, I have a decently fast connection that isn't shared with anybody. Secondly, the delay occurs before the page begins to load, not during the load. Something is bollixed up in the web server. If this is a WebSTAR server, I'd check whatever is acting in a filter or virtual hosts role: WebSTAR Virtual Hosts, Welcome, ClearlyHome, FireSite, or similar plug-ins. Check the settings relating to the slow sites, and also the settings relating to www.resourcecenterdallas.org (which pops right up), because that one is right and the others are clearly wrong. Good luck! ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Missing A records and slow resolution by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Dec 13, 1999 at 4:05:00 am Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Aaron Lynch on Dec 13, 1999 at 4:27:00 am Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Men & Mice Support on Dec 13, 1999 at 4:44:00 am Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Kirk Samuelson on Dec 13, 1999 at 4:48:00 am Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Dale Therio on Dec 13, 1999 at 9:48:00 am Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Men & Mice Support on Dec 13, 1999 at 10:43:00 am Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Dale Therio on Dec 13, 1999 at 12:52:00 pm Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Dec 13, 1999 at 5:34:00 pm Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Men & Mice Support on Dec 13, 1999 at 11:26:00 pm Re: Missing A records and slow resolution by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Dec 13, 1999 at 11:44:00 pm