[asterisk-users] should trixbox system hang when ISP drops connection?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2010, Warren Selby wrote:

> Try installing a local caching nameserver on the same box that runs
> asterisk, and have that handle DNS queries for you.  I remember at
> one point that trixbox would hang if you had any SIP trunks
> configured and you lost internet connectivity, but a caching
> nameserver on the same box tended to help.

  so, just to be clear, if you were counting on your ISP for DNS, and
the ISP went down, that would not just *pause* your trixbox, it might
genuinely take it down?  in any event, i suspect installing the
caching nameserver certainly wouldn't hurt anything.  thanks.

rday

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