Re: /etc/HOSTS

From: NT Canuck (ntcanuck_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/30/03


Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:52:14 GMT


"Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uq$tdMsPDHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> Bypassing DNS lookups saves you about a third of a second. You'd save
> more time keeping the IE window open or adding some more RAM.

Hi Kent,

Actually times to resolve a remote url/site can easily be 5 seconds,
and occassionally 10-12 seconds depending on client or remote server
TTL and settings...plus Internet "weather" (connecivity plays a part).
Typically they are within a range of 0.000 (cached) to around 3 seconds.

We have one test program "nstest" that you can modify the uri's
to suit what/where you'd like to see results on...
http://ntcanuck.com/Beta/

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