Subj : Re: Whistler To : Geo. From : Robert Comer Date : Sat Apr 07 2001 12:17 pm From: "Robert Comer" > It's a local DNS cache. If you are on a large windows network it might be > handy but on the internet it's just a headache as it's just another cache to > get updated. Just as easy to use a real DNS server on the net as to waste > local cpu and memory for a cache. I do a lot of DNS changes and have found > that when I change something the local cache doesn't reflect the change > until the ttl runs out. I find that really obnoxious. Makes sense, that one gets disabled. > If you are using dhcp then it will hose up your system to turn it off. If > you aren't using it then it's like turning off a light you aren't using, > that much less crap running. Okay, minimalist approach. (If I use an install any period of time I switch it to static IP anyway, so it really wouldn't mess me up to long.) Even at work I do the same, dhcp for temporary stuff, static IP for everything else. (I don't run any DNS or WINS servers, we're to small.) > Actually I remotely start that service because it's the only way I can edit > my registry remotely, but unless I need to do that I don't like to leave it > running, just another thing to respond to remote hackers. I like the fact > that it's now a service that can be stopped. I like it -- that goes into my bag of tricks. I'm having some pretty bad stability problems on my test PC unfortunately. OE keep gronking out and even causing BSOD's eventually. Guess I'll load it on another PC to see if it does the same. - Bob Comer "Geo." wrote in message news:3acf974f$1@w3.nls.net... > "Robert Comer" wrote in message > news:3acf8718$1@comertower.... --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .