[Asterisk-Users] DNS Server Failure wreaks havoc

[Folkert van Heusden]

Put the ip-address and hostname in /etc/hosts

> 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.


Folkert van Heusden

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