Hi,
I don't know much about Firefox, but AAAA records look for IPv6 addresses,
of which maybe ebay has none. Are you using an IPv6-enabled box?
Regards,
Francisco
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> Sent: jueves, 19 de mayo de 2005 18:16
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> Subject: [Ethereal-users] Redundant DNS queries
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that whenever Firefox goes to a website
> (for example ebay.com) it sends out 3 DNS queries, but
> only receives the IP address of the server after the
> third request. Here's what ethereal records:
> Standard query AAAA ebay.com
> Standard query response
> Standard query AAAA ebay.com
> Standard query response
> Standard query A ebay.com
> Standard query response A 66.135.192.87
>
> Strangely enough, when I ping a website (for example
> lycos.com), there is only one DNS query and an
> immediate response containing the IP address.
> Standard query A lycos.com
> Standard query response A 209.202.248.101
>
> The problem I have with Firefox querying 3 times is
> that I often have to wait 5 seconds before the page
> even starts downloading. Does anyone know what's
> happening here and how I can make Firefox get the IP
> address from the first query?
>
> Thanks,
> Vlad
>
>
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