[Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc

[pdhales at optusnet.com.au]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Riddell" <matt.riddell at sineapps.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc


> Brian Capouch wrote:
> > I don't think this is a new issue--I've seen it talked about on the list
> > before.  I don't know if I've ever seen anyone post a fix.
> >
> > My DNS server went out last night in a horrendous storm when an upstream
> > link went down.  The madness is that the behavior of the whole server,
> > including the part that's handling my POTS lines, gets wigged out on a
> > DNS failure, making the whole system unusable.  I have two questions;
> > being able to solve either would be wonderful:
>
> Why don't you cache the DNS locally.  That way if the remote DNS goes down
> you'll only lose updates.

Maybe even run the DNS cache on the Asteirsk box itself.

PaulH