lynchknot
February 4th, 2003, 18:07 PM
I just disabled XP DNS client and I don't know if it's my imagination or what but it seems like browsing got a whole lot faster! Any thoughts on this?
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View Full Version : DNS client lynchknot February 4th, 2003, 18:07 PM I just disabled XP DNS client and I don't know if it's my imagination or what but it seems like browsing got a whole lot faster! Any thoughts on this? shadow_warez February 4th, 2003, 19:25 PM how did you disable it? lynchknot February 4th, 2003, 19:38 PM control panel/administrative tools/services/dnsclient/ - rt.click pref. and disable Tinker February 4th, 2003, 19:53 PM I do not see a preference on mine, there a "stop".. :confused: lynchknot February 4th, 2003, 20:57 PM here's a ss - Reverend February 4th, 2003, 20:58 PM Disabling the DNS client can cause unnecessary "lookups". The best method is to disable DNS caching. There's an article by TechTV which explains in more detail. here (http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3384507,00.html). Scroll down to How to turn off unsuccessful ("negative") DNS caching, and download the registry script. lynchknot February 4th, 2003, 21:03 PM Rev. will that have the same effect? I have noticed opening every page is much faster. Tinker February 4th, 2003, 21:24 PM A picture is worth a thousand words..... Thanks Lynch... Reverend February 4th, 2003, 21:29 PM Originally posted by lynchknot Rev. will that have the same effect? I have noticed opening every page is much faster. Yep it should do. However,i haven't tried it myself so i can't confirm it. From TechTV; "There is no real downside to making these changes -- just delay if you make repeated tries to an invalid Internet name" Tinker February 4th, 2003, 21:48 PM OK it is disabled. Let us see what happens..... Thanks Reverend..:D lynchknot February 4th, 2003, 21:50 PM Thanks REV lynchknot February 5th, 2003, 20:59 PM Well, i've been using the reg entry for several hrs now. It still seems that disabling DNS is much faster. Big Booger February 9th, 2003, 23:21 PM I would not recommend this fix when you are behind a corporate firewall or proxy server... I couldn't connect to the internet for a whole day because of this fix. Every time I tried to connect after applying this, I would get a DNS error... I finally got it to connect after doing a system restore. Just my experience. Others may have been more successful with this fix. BB lynchknot February 10th, 2003, 01:29 AM Originally posted by Big Booger I would not recommend this fix when you are behind a corporate firewall or proxy server... I couldn't connect to the internet for a whole day because of this fix. Every time I tried to connect after applying this, I would get a DNS error... I finally got it to connect after doing a system restore. Just my experience. Others may have been more successful with this fix. BB Are you speaking of the tech tv reg entry? I use a proxy (proximitron) Big Booger February 10th, 2003, 01:33 AM yep the tech tv reg. I am behind a corporate proxy with a firewall. BB lynchknot February 10th, 2003, 01:36 AM I guess i'm not behind a corporate proxy - I don't know what my proxy is - just the name Big Booger February 10th, 2003, 02:26 AM lynch, why would you be using a proxy? Is it your ISP proxy? Are you using some sort of proxy software? It has been my experience that proxy servers usually slow your surfing down on the net.. BB lynchknot February 10th, 2003, 02:57 AM I use proximitron sometimes - it can block ads, headers, gifs, and more
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