Ben, If machines won't respond to pings to their IP numbers then chances are DNS is the least of your problems. If it happens again try pinging something independent like:
216.239.55.100 (google, btw). If it doesn't respond then you have bigger problems than DNS. Thanks, Allan Ben Thorp wrote: > > This time round I tried to ping the 3 nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf - 2 > from ntlworld, 1 from freenetname - and none of them were responding to a > ping: 100% packet loss. I also looked in /var/log/messages and a couple of > other places, but couldn't see much unusual (or rather, that I recognised > as unusual ;o) > > It's probably time I upgraded to Slack 8.1 anyway. > > mrBen > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent by: To: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > scottish-admin@mailman cc: > .lug.org.uk Subject: RE: [Scottish] Strange >DNS problem > > > 29/08/02 12:03 > Please respond to > scottish > > > > andrew wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:39:17AM +0100, Ben Thorp wrote: > >> This month I > >> have been running Firestarter firewall, but last month I didn't even > know > >> about it. Other than that, everything is the same. And the problem > resolved > > > > Ah, that firewall only works with prodigy internet :-) > > > > Ouch. > > I assume no indication of port 53 packets getting blocked in the kernel > log? > > Maybe it's just random weirdness, Ben, but I'd be tempted to note down a > few key IP addresses (dotted quads, e.g. nameservers, systems which will > respond to pings on your ISPs subnet, systems beyonfd that) to test it > out if it goes down again next month. > > HTH > > Colin > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
