27 Mar
2013
27 Mar
'13
6:35 p.m.
Hi John,
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 06:24:30PM +0000, john lewis wrote:
I haven't installed resolvconf on my VPS so
/etc/resolv.conf on startx
has both bitfolk dns IPs and one of the zen IPs. There have been no
complaints.
Unfortunately that just doesn't work. You can't use Zen's resolvers
from outside of Zen. The packets will just be dropped by Zen and
your VPS will only be using the resolvers that work, i.e. the
BitFolk ones.
You probably haven't noticed because nothing is logged. All you'd
see would be the occasional slow connection when your VPS chooses a
non-working resolver first time.
It would be best to remove the non-BitFolk resolver IPs from your
/etc/resolv.conf, unless you have verified that they work. In
general you'd need a good reason for using any resolvers other than
the BitFolk ones, as even if they work, non-local ones would be
slower (more latency).
Cheers,
Andy
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