Re: Oracle on Linux - what is it looking up on DNS?

From: Mark Merritt <XXmerrittXX_at_mail.msen.com>
Date: 1998/12/27
Message-ID: <765k2k$7j0$1@ink.msen.com>#1/1

I had the same problem. When my PPP connection was active, the connections would happen very fast - when it wasn't, very slow. I installed a local caching only nameserver and that solved the problem.

In comp.databases.oracle.server Jason Clifford <jason_at_ukpost.com> wrote:
: On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Richard Senior wrote:

:> that whenever I connect to the database, either locally via svrmgrl or :> sqlplus, or remotely via SQL*Net, something does a DNS lookup that [snip...]
: Sounds like you need to set up a small dns server on your gateway system.
: Add records to cover your local systems (not forgetting to add PTR reverse
: resolution records!) and then list your ISPs nameservers as forwarders.

: See the DNS HOWTO.

: Jason Clifford
: Definite Linux Systems
: http://definite.ukpost.com/
Received on Sun Dec 27 1998 - 00:00:00 CST