Re: 1 second delay - more detail and specifics

In article <d7fb5m$1fhv$1@sf1.isc.org>,
Wayne Walker <wwalker@bybent.com> wrote:

> OK,
>
> db, via the search, resolves to db.gns.gnumber.com, which is a CNAME for
> gnumber1.gns.gnumber.com.
>
> If I do "time host db" it takes 1.024 seconds when pointed to 127.0.0.1.
> If I do "time host db.gns.gnumber.com" it takes 0.012 seconds when pointed to
> 127.0.0.1.
> Why the big delta????? search gns.gnumber.com should make these lookups
> identical, or make it two lookups.
>
> If I do "time host db" it takes 0.020 seconds when pointed to 207.200.55.226.
> If I do "time host db.gns.gnumber.com" it takes 0.020 seconds when pointed to
> 207.200.55.226.
> Since search make this the first or second lookup, this is what I'd
> expect.

Try using the -v option to host to see what it's doing.

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