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Title: DNS Relay type
Post by: GVG on May 19, 2009, 03:51:17 AM

Is the DNS Relay in the DIR-555 just a straight relay, or is it a caching relay?

thx

Title: Re: DNS Relay type
Post by: EddieZ on May 19, 2009, 07:09:38 AM

AFAIK it is a straight relay.

Title: Re: DNS Relay type
Post by: GVG on May 19, 2009, 07:30:03 AM

Then it really does not help to use it, other than making it easier to setup machines on the LAN. It would actually be adding a small amount of latency to lookups since you would be passing the lookup to the 655 instead of doing it directly from the PC.  At least that is how I understand it.

Title: Re: DNS Relay type
Post by: EddieZ on May 19, 2009, 07:47:59 AM

That's my understanding too. Although in certain configurations is quite useful. But in a 8/10 situation it serves no specific purpose. Except for the added service of OpenDNS but this is only an automation of the manual DNS server entry.

And perhaps it adds a millisec, I have not measured any real difference in ping responses.