get address for host

Post by **Thunderstone** » Tue Jan 06, 1998 3:08 pm

When gw 2.1 can't get an address, it seems to try for some 150 seconds. Is
there a way to tell it to give up after 30 seconds?

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Larry Rudner rudner@cua.edu
ERIC Clearinghouse on 800 464-3742 (800 Go4-ERIC)
Assessment and Evaluation 202 673-3811
Catholic University of America FAX: 202 319-6692
Washington, DC 20064 http://ericae.net

Post by **Thunderstone** » Tue Jan 06, 1998 3:33 pm

There's no way to change the timeout period.
The system decides how long to wait for a nameserver reply before
giving up.