[Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Um, put in IP addresses instead of hostnames in Asterisk's config files?

Eric Bishop wrote:
> I agree about Asterisk being terrible with DNS failure, but how can you
> avoid using DNS on *nix system?
> 
> On 11/7/05, Eric ManxPower Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
> 
>>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:
>>
>>Asterisk is horrible at handleing DNS failures. Don't use DNS with
>>Asterisk.