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Re: [hobbit] bbtest shows long DNS runtime, why
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- Subject: Re: [hobbit] bbtest shows long DNS runtime, why
- From: Rich Smrcina <rsmrcina (at) wi.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:07:50 -0500
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You can also add a runtime option to do testip globally, so that you
don't have to add it to each host.
Hubbard, Greg L wrote:
Add the "testip" flag to each host and Hobbit will not try to resolve
the name.
When you add the "dns" flag, Hobbit will test the DNS server on that host.
You might also keep in mind that DNS results are usually cached by the
resolver on each machine until they expire, and this happens at an
operating system level. However, Hobbit uses a specific DNS support
package (perhaps to make the code more portable) -- I have seen it hang
when the DNS servers are not exactly correct, so using "testip" is a
good defence mechanism.
GLH
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