[SLE] Caching DNS server in Suse 10.1

Hi All

I am in Taiwan, and the internet service really sucks. I can do a speed
test from my ISP, hinet.net, and get the 8 Mbps they say they are
providing. If I try the DSL speed tests from the servers in San
Francisco or Los Angeles, I get, if I am luck, 1 Mbps. I have noticed
that most of the time is waiding while looking up the site. Got some IP
addresses of those site, and enter them in the web browser, and it goes
about 10 times or more faster. It appears most of the time is for DNS
lookup.

Now my Question. Would setting up a caching DNS server help this
situation and if so, does anyone have any guidance in doing this? I have
checed out the DNS setup, etc. before, and find it very confusing, so
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Art


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