Seems like it would have been much simpler just to correct your /etc/hosts file. Most systems check /etc/hosts before consulting DNS for IP and host information.
Loic DIDELOT wrote: > Hello, > sorry for dropping in so late but I encountered the same problems so I > started playing around with IPTABLES and DNS servers. > > For me it looks like asterisk has a problem because it seems to do > reverse dns lookups (PTR records). > > For me the following helped: > I installed a local dns recursor. I used the one from powerdns (apt-get > install pdns-recursor). Then I put 127.0.0.1 as only nameserver in > my /etc/resolv.conf. Next thing I did is telling my dns server to be > contain authoritative data for the "in-addr.arpa" zone. I added the > following line > "auth-zones=in-addr.arpa=/etc/powerdns/zone-in-addr.arpa" > to /etc/powerdns/recursor.conf and then created an empty > file /etc/powerdns/zone-in-addr.arpa. > Now things seem to work without internet. > > > I do not understand why a PBX is such dependent on internet (DNS) > connectivity. Maybe someone from the dev list can clear things up. > > If I disable DNS lookups by some router/iptables magic asterisk cant > even do a normal reload. wide. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
