That's friggin awesome, but it doesn't hurt. :-) On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Both Comcast and CenturyLink have similar “features” if you use their DNS > servers. But they don’t override you if you choose another DNS server… > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall > *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2016 12:48 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] HughesNet and AWS > > > > That is so friggin' awesome it hurts. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Damien Solodow < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Having a fun issue, and figured I’d see if anyone else has run into > something like it and has a solution. J > > > > One of our SaaS apps is hosted on AWS, and AWS has the lovely habit of > using very short DNS TTLs and changing IPs frequently. Normally not that > big a deal. > > However, it looks like a satellite provider used by a number of our users > (HughesNet) has a wonderful little “feature” called DNS Acceleration. > > > > This looks to be a local DNS caching server (which ignores the provided > TTL) that runs on their modem. This means that the user almost always gets > outdated information from DNS for this SaaS app, which prevents them from > accessing it. > > > > There doesn’t appear to be a way in the modem UI to turn off this > “feature”, and it looks to intercept **all** outbound DNS traffic, so > even if I set the client or their router to use a different DNS server it > still gets intercepted. > > > > Anyone run into this or have a useful contact at HughesNet to sort this > out? > > > > DAMIEN SOLODOW > > Senior Systems Engineer > > 317.447.6033 (office) > > 317.447.6014 (fax) > > HARRISON COLLEGE > > 500 North Meridian St > > Suite 500 > > Indianapolis, IN 46204-1213 > > www.harrison.edu > > > > >
