To make a faster browsing , you can use dns cache.
To understand why you should use dns cache, you should learn how dns works.
With the each client request, dns try to find ip address for domain. Forexample for each you type www.google.com, your browser try to find google.com ips again. Dns cache is hold this ip in local, so you can access faster.
I’m using dnsmasq , to install in ubuntu.
“sudo apt-get install dnsmasq”
to configure (i’m using static ip, if you are using a dynamic ip more configuration might have to be done. )
open /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
“vi /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf”
change
#prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
with
prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
Example:
dig ebay.com
; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P2 <<>> ebay.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45431
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ebay.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
ebay.com. 2330 IN A 66.211.160.88
ebay.com. 2330 IN A 66.135.205.13
ebay.com. 2330 IN A 66.135.205.14
ebay.com. 2330 IN A 66.135.221.10
ebay.com. 2330 IN A 66.135.221.11
ebay.com. 2330 IN A 66.211.160.87
;; Query time: 140 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Sep 5 23:21:51 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 122
After dns cache:
dig ebay.com
; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P2 <<>> ebay.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 17990
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ebay.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
ebay.com. 2327 IN A 66.211.160.87
ebay.com. 2327 IN A 66.135.221.11
ebay.com. 2327 IN A 66.135.221.10
ebay.com. 2327 IN A 66.135.205.14
ebay.com. 2327 IN A 66.135.205.13
ebay.com. 2327 IN A 66.211.160.88
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Sep 5 23:21:54 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 122
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