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my domain pauses when accessing- dns server problem?

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lockmac

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Hi guys. I have my domain using the google apps and have the google mail through it.

Now my domain is mail.xxxx.com and the google address it redirects to is http://mail.google.com/a/xxx.com/?ui=1.

Anyways, when i access it via my domain name, it pauses for about 15 seconds before finding the site where as if i access it strait through the google address its almost instant.

Is this a problem with the DNS server? I am using the domain hosts free DNS server, so im sure these arent the greatest.

Many thanks
 
Does it have the extended pause only the first time or, if you were to access it a few minutes to an hour or so later, it pauses every time?

Some DNS information is cached, if you access it again before the cache expires, there should be little or no delay. If you're accessing it after the cache entry has expired, then there may be some additional delay while the DNS you're using has to cascade the request upstream (which may or may not have your requested entry in cache, and so on ...).

 
Yeah it probably just has to do with it falling out of the cache. If it bothers you switch to a higher performance DNS host, but there's something else that's even more pragmatically effective that you can do. Just set up a little background task that does a DNS query involving your domain once every 15-20 minutes. Then it will always be in the cache locally and it should be pretty instantaneous.

 
It happens pretty much evry time no matter how long its been, because i access it many times a day, and even within a few minutes of eachother it still delays for a bit..

though if i access www.xxxxxx.com (which points to my web server at home), its instantaneous every time, its only when it points to the google url it seems, yet accessing it strait through the google url doesnt show a delay

doesnt really bother me that much, just a bit bored and thought id try find out why 🙂

thanks for the replies though guys!
 
Weird.. almost sounds like the HTTP redirection ITSELF is slow.

Why don't you change your URL or DNS record or whatever so you
go to http://mymail.xxx.com/ or http://www.xxx.com/mymail and have your home web server issue the redirect to the google URL.

If you can hit your home server instantly and google direct url instantly then the only reasonable thing that can be slow is whatever is issuing the HTTP result page to redirect the browser to the webmail gmail page.

Check the page source of the redirect page and see if there is some stupid hard coded 10 second delay in the redirect or something.

Or maybe the redirect web server (not your own, I assume) is slow in which case just use a URL at your own server which should be faster....

 
Thanks for the reply mate- some very good ideas there, although my web server is not on most of the time, its really just for my learning purposes. Doesnt really bother me too much anyways, plus i will have outlook set up soon (just lazy 😉 ) so it shouldnt be a problem after that.

Thanks for the replies though guys
 
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