Quoting Lindsay Sprinter (zlinw@mcmedia.com.au):
Under a susgestion from I think Russel Coker I use pdnsd. This only required minor (Note 1) editing of the config file to get it working. I was most impressed with the improvement in loading times.
You'd be even more impressed if you used something more capable than just a simple DNS forwarder with cache, which is all pdnsd is. http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Other/dns-servers.html#pdnsd Don't get me wrong: It's doubtless a huge improvement over having all DNS queries go out over a slow link and no caching existing except in end-user applications, but a smart solution will give you better results _and_ get you away from reliance on what are often poorly performing and unreliable ISP recursive nameservers with doubtful security. What really would be wanted is a recursive nameserver running locally. http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Other/dns-servers.html#deadwood http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Other/dns-servers.html#unbound http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Network_Other/dns-servers.html#pdns-recursor BIND9 can also be run to provide recursive service only (by just not setting up any authoritative service zones), but is pretty slow and bloated.