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30-06-2003, 04:23 AM
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How can I find IP addresses for favorite websites to add
to my HOSTS file to bypass DNS lookups? |
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30-06-2003, 04:48 AM
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Use the command "nslookup" but be aware that many large web sites have
lots of IP addresses and they change often. Some big web sites use Akamai and other distributed content providers that vastly increase the IP addresses used. Bypassing DNS lookups saves you about a third of a second. You'd save more time keeping the IE window open or adding some more RAM. -- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows "Impatient" <fake@fake.com> wrote in message news:030401c33ebf$5776e070$a501280a@phx.gbl... > How can I find IP addresses for favorite websites to add > to my HOSTS file to bypass DNS lookups? |
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30-06-2003, 05:52 AM
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"Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uq$tdMsPDHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Bypassing DNS lookups saves you about a third of a second. You'd save > more time keeping the IE window open or adding some more RAM. Hi Kent, Actually times to resolve a remote url/site can easily be 5 seconds, and occassionally 10-12 seconds depending on client or remote server TTL and settings...plus Internet "weather" (connecivity plays a part). Typically they are within a range of 0.000 (cached) to around 3 seconds. We have one test program "nstest" that you can modify the uri's to suit what/where you'd like to see results on... http://ntcanuck.com/Beta/ -- NT Canuck http://ntcanuck.com |
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30-06-2003, 10:19 PM
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I should have said "on average". Thanks for the link.
-- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows "NT Canuck" <ntcanuck@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ieQLa.321906$ro6.7860830@news2.calgary.shaw.ca... > "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uq$tdMsPDHA.1556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > Bypassing DNS lookups saves you about a third of a second. You'd save > > more time keeping the IE window open or adding some more RAM. > > Hi Kent, > > Actually times to resolve a remote url/site can easily be 5 seconds, > and occassionally 10-12 seconds depending on client or remote server > TTL and settings...plus Internet "weather" (connecivity plays a part). > Typically they are within a range of 0.000 (cached) to around 3 seconds. > > We have one test program "nstest" that you can modify the uri's > to suit what/where you'd like to see results on... > http://ntcanuck.com/Beta/ > > -- > NT Canuck > http://ntcanuck.com > > |
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