[Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc

[Julio Arruda]

DNS caching server running in the same machine ?

Eric "ManxPower" Wieling wrote:
> 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.
> 
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