Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

[deface]

I use opendns.com - take a peep at it, very highly recommended.

deface


On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

> Hi, Gentoo!
>
> I bought a new hard drive on Wednesday, and am seriously getting
> Gentoo
> installed (after doing a trial installation in July).
>
> However....  looking up URL's is very, very slow.  This is most
> noticeable when running emerge.  It is very also noticeable running
> Firefox; the looking up is _much_ slower than on my existing Debian
> sarge system.
>
> Presumably, I need to configure some sort of DNS cache, or proxy, or
> whatever it might be called.  I've looked in
> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/>, but couldn't find a network
> configuration
> manual there.
>
> Would somebody give me a pointer, please?  Thanks!
>
> --
> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
>