Crazy_Fool - 1:02 pm on Jan 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

okephoto - i had much the same problem with my cable company here in the uk. they explained that they use DNS caching to cache the quickest routes to IP addresses or to choose which POP to route through or something like that (ie, all calls to north america are routed via northPOP, all calls to europe via southPOP and so on).

in theory this should speed up internet access for cable modem users. by default, all internet access to IP addresses will be routed via the cached route.

however, sometimes the cache gets screwed or the quickest (cached) route / POP is unavailable. when this happens the cable system is supposed to find another route in the same way as normal dial-ups do. and if it can't do this, then users can only get a DNS error.

perhaps someone can tell me if that is right or if they were feeding a load of cr*p?