[Asterisk-Users] Why is the internet connection important to LAN and PSTN calls?

[Cristian Draghici]

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> If DNS does not work on your local network, Asterisk will lock up.

Out of curiosity - the async implementation you mentioned in the other
thread - will it replace gethostbyname with something smarter or just
run things in a different thread asynchronously?

Thanks,
Cristi