slow dns response from Windows ?

[adrianmak]

I added a hostname entry for a linux vm in windows hosts file

For example
192.168.103.23 vbox.local


From Windows, pinging vbox.local required 3-5 secs to response.
However, a instance response by pinging 192.168.103.23

[Perryg]

The hosts file is the last in a chain to find and resolve names. Don't expect it to be instantaneous.

[socratis]

Um... actually the hosts file is the first one that is consulted. There are known lists of "hosts" files (which include adware/malware sites) which point to 0.0.0.0. That saves even the trip to the DNS server. But, definitely, pinging directly instead of using a name resolution is indeed faster. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28f ... plications