[Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc

[Matt Riddell]

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:

Why don't you cache the DNS locally.  That way if the remote DNS goes down
you'll only lose updates.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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