[H-GEN] Stopping nameserver lookup for local subnet

[John Ryland]

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On Thursday 15 February 2001 12:21, Jason Henry Parker wrote:
> With all due respect:  you're mad.  Rsync or scp may make it easier
> to make edits, but if you're going to build infrastructure, you may
> as well learn something useful.  (Not to mention it will cut down on
> name lookup traffic.)  Host files are for people into pain.

Okay, I'm not a networking guru so I probably could learn a bit. Am I missing 
something because I don't understand your statement about a DNS server 
reducing network traffic. If you use an /etc/hosts file for your local 
network computers then surely the lookup for those doesn't even need to hit 
your network, however using a local DNS would. For name lookup caching you 
can use nscd if you are refering to the external network traffic.

Regards
John



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