DNS issues

[NancyJ]

We've having a problem with one of our servers that has been ongoing for the last few days - accessing external sites is incredibly slow - the site relies on feeds so this is a major issue and the final stage - the all important booking - takes around 50s because it is taking 20-30s per email sent.
So I used lynx from the console and it was taking at least 10s to reach a website - but it got it instantly if I used the IP so I'm guessing theres some kind of DNS problem - but I have no idea what to do about it

[bcarl314]

Not sure what OS you're on, but if it's linux / unix based, you might want to try using a different IP for your nameservers in the /etc/resolv.conf file. Or maybe add some entries to the /etc/hosts file so requests to that server can bypass DNS lookups.

possible /etc/hosts entry might be...


64.233.167.99 google.com