What do you mean by "domain name lookup"? Do you mean, checking
availability status? If so, availability status checks take about 2
seconds. This is pretty much normal. Time it at netsol and other places.
If its a lot slower for you on your site, well, contact your ISP.
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Ted Feely wrote:
> Why are domain name lookups via opensrs so slow? Or, have I just had the bad
> luck to check out the slow implementations?
>
> Here's what I have run into:
> I have been in the market for a developer to set up an opensrs domain name
> registration system on my web site. Each time I am contacted by a developer I
> ask them for URL's showing work they've done including their own web sites.
>
> Upon checking out their domain name lookup, each lookup invariably takes much
> longer than is typical for domain name lookups. In fact, so long that if I
> did
> not know better, I would have assumed that the lookup did not work and would
> have bailed out before ever getting a result.
>
> Given that the domain name lookup is the first thing any prospective customer
> will do, it seems that this is a major problem for what otherwise seems to
> be a
> good system with responsible management.
>
> Am I wrong about the speed? If not, is there a workaround?
>
> I look forward to your comments and suggestions. Thank you.
>
> ted@feely-associates.com
> Phone: (408) 733-4290
> Fax: (408) 733-8941
> http://www.feely-associates.com
>
>
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