Timeout issues - Suggestions / Solutions?

[Simon Waters]

David Hekimian wrote:
> 
> Does it have to do with the query being too large for TCP and its switching
> to UDP?

Possibly but it switches from UDP to TCP.

Do you allow TCP connections from your name servers to port 53?

You can use options to force "dig" to use TCP for testing.

> How can I check each Lycos NS to see if its a specific name server that is
> causing the timeout issue?

I'm sure if they have a problem they'll spot it fast enough.