slow DNS lookups in Fedora Core 2

[Edward]

Keith Morris wrote:

> Hello all.
> 
> I have been searching through the archives and googling around trying to 
> find some information on this problem but have not found anything 
> conclusive so I was hoping someone here might be able to help.
> 
> I have a network with two FC2 machines that are exhibiting the same 
> problems of slow name resolution when connecting to the internet.  They 
> will take anywhere from 5 - 10 seconds to resolve hostnames. Both 
> machines are configured to use DHCP from the router. All of the machines 
> in my network are behind a Linksys router with the latest firmware.
> 
> One of the machines is dual boot with WinXP also configured to use DHCP, 
> but there are no DNS lookup problems while in WinXP. Lookup is 
> practically instantaneous.
> 
> Any insight?  TIA!
> 
> Keith

What does your resolv.conf look like??

Regards,
Ed.