On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 07:07:50PM -0500, Stephane Bakhos wrote: > >>> 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.
Still possible,. I suppose. I have found out that Primus has changed its nameserver IP numbers from what it was using a month ago. But the new ones don't seem to work any better than the old ones. I suspect it's some connectivity problem within their network. Or something I'm doing wrong that has only caused trouble now. > > > > 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. I used dig @8.8.8.8 www.google.com and dig @8.8.4.4 www.google.com to query the google nameserver. Once it worked. Most of the time it times out. > > Of course a caching nameserver helps too That's the next thing to try. I went to the coffee shop and downleadad several Debian stable AMD-64 .debs onto my laptop. Unfortunately I left one out. I still need dnscache-run (for AMD64, Debian stable). Could someone email it to me, maybe as an attachment? Email still seems to get through. But then it keeps retrying for days until there's a window of opportunity. I've definitely decided to change ISPs. Anyone have a phone number for teksavvy? Or another better one? -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
