[Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc

[Eric Bishop]

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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