[wellylug] crazy changes, brain power needed

[Mark Foster]

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Persian wrote:

> Hi Andrei
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 04:03:41 +1200, Andrej wrote:
>>
>> I guess it's still something that telstra/paradise will need
>> to clarify.  Did you actually try the bits about nslookup from
>> both machines that I suggested?
>>
>
> No cos I dont know what that means, open a cmd, or nslookup.
> All I can tell you is that his web, mail and everything
> was very fast and just the same as Friday and Saturday
> but mine went really slow from first thing today.
>

Lyndsay,

ISP support staff are trained to explain simple concepts and walk you 
through them over the phone, in aid of troubleshooting a fault.
Yes, they don't support Linux - but as pointed out, DNS is os-agnostic. 
(You need it, or the Internet doesnt work - regardless of your platform.) 
So general questions around the DNS would be fine.

That and the 'nslookup' program is almost identical between windows and 
Linux.

Mark. (I can't think of a way to say the rest of what I want to say, that 
doesn't sound harsher than I intend. Sorry.  It'd be so much easier if 
ISPs weren't close-minded about operating systems... )