>>> And it did. It appeared in my inbox immediately. Suspiciously fast, as >>> if it was CC's to myself. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't. >>> >>> Can't ping, can email. >> >> Check your firewall/iptables in case it blocks icmp. > > Unlikely, since I haven't changed its configuration at all since two > days ago, when everything worked. > > icmp wouldn't be used by the DNS protocols, would it? > > I went to a local coffee shop and downloaded the Debian packages I need > to install my own caching DNS server on my AMD-64. Now to transfer them > to the right machine and install. Let's see if this helps any.
It wouldn't, but it depends if the pings are blocked or if you are getting dns errors. If the DNS servers are down, google now provide their own dns services, there is also opendns available. Of course a caching nameserver helps too _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
