slow name resolution in Mandrake 8.2, any ideas whats wrong?

From: Derek (dealy663_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: 30 Aug 2003 22:26:28 -0700

While browsing the web usually see "resolving host: www.somehost.com"
in the status line of the browser. It takes about 5 seconds before
things get sorted out. The pause is annoying and doesn't happen with
my windows machines that exist on the same network.

Here is my resolv.conf file:
domain grandprixsw.com
search f1.grandprixsw.com #grandprixsw.com
nameserver 10.0.0.1
nameserver 4.2.2.2
nameserver 24.52.223.218

10.0.0.1 is my local DNS on a Win2k server. the other two nameservers
are supplied by my ISP.

If I move 10.0.0.1 down to become the second listed nameserver then
none of my local machines are ever resolved. But I get slightly better
name resolution performance for hosts outside of my local network.
That said it still sometimes pauses for 5 seconds or so when looking
up a name.

What have I goofed up on in my nameserver configuration? If anyone can
point to a decent link explaining the best way to configure for
resolving both internal and external hosts quickly I'd really
appreciate it.

Once again my windows machines have no problems resolving either local
or external hosts quickly.

Thanks in advance, Derek

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