[G4] what does this message mean?

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings,

To find the best DNS for your location, obtain and run a copy of the application "namebench" 

The application locates your location DNS servers and runs speed tests.

Cheers,

Harry
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Sent from my iPad

On Dec 31, 2011, at 6:02 PM, "Tina K." <penguirl20 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2011/12/30 18:25, K.Reitz so eloquently wrote:
>> Do you use Bell South by chance? I ask because in searching this problem it seems to be a recurring message. It appears to be a DNS problem with Bell South which affects both Apple and That other company, I think they call Microsoft.
>> 
>> A possible fix is to clear your DNS Cache in this manner.
>> 
>> Try bringing up a Terminal shell (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) and flushing the DNS cache by entering the command lookupd -flushcache.
>> 
>> I hope that helps. No matter or harm as clearing DNS cache is OK anytime
> 
> If that were the case I would suggest choosing a DNS server other that Bell South in the Network pref pane to prevent the problem from recurring.
> 
> 
> Tina
> 
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