[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk does not function without a DNS ser ver

[Eric Bishop]

I'd really rather not run a DNS server if I don't have to. Surely ther
must be a way to tell Asterisk not to rely on DNS?



On 6/21/05, Guido Hecken <guido.hecken at gwsnettech.de> wrote:
> > We have our Asterisk server running smoothly with a SIP BRI gateway
> > for inbound calls. However if the Internet connection goes down and a
> > DNS server becomes unreachable Asterisk basically does not function.
> > By this I mean it does not answer call coming in from the gateway
> > (which is on the local LAN) and you can't even reload it - just hangs
> > there. If I change the DNS setting in resolv.conf to something else
> > which is reachable all is well again.
> >
> > I have tried setting srvlookup=no in sip.conf but it made no difference.
> >
> > Does anyone know how I to make Asterisk continue working for local LAN
> > users/gateways when a DNS server is not reachable?
> 
> Try to use bind on the * Machine and configure it as a caching only
> nameserver.
> 
> Hope, this helps
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Guido Hecken
>