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From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: Caching DNS for dialup
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 05:07:20PM +0000, Peter Risdon wrote:
: A caching DNS server would help conserve bandwidth on a dialup 
: connection - I generally run one myself with any connection with limited 
: bandwidth.

After RTFM, I believe I have it up and running.  ;-)

Named is running, but how can I be sure the caching is working?

Also, does it make sense to do this on each box, or just the gateway?

jm
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