Library /sys$common/syshlp/tcpip$ucp_help.hlb SET, NAME_SERVICE, Qualifiers, /TIMEOUT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

       /TIMEOUT=seconds

    Optional. Default: 4 seconds.

    Specifies the timeout interval for the BIND resolver's requests
    to a server.

    When the BIND resolver is used by the auxiliary server, the
    following conditions are true:

    o  The number of retries is one.

    o  The timeout interval is 1 second.

    o  The timeout interval increases by the power of two for each
       retry, as shown in the following table:

    For example:

                       Retries=4
    Current settings:  Timeout=4

    Retry              Times out in...

    First              4 seconds
    Second             8 seconds
    Third              16 seconds
    Last               32 seconds
                       Total = 1 minute for one server
                       If a second BIND server exists and both
                       servers time out, total = 2 minutes