On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, e deleflie wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, e deleflie wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Does anyone know how to fix hostnames not resolving on windows? (they > >> do in OSX). This is using net:http. > > > > It would be worth knowing whether > > require 'resolv-replace' > > fixes this. > > it doesn't appear to ... but in my testing, I did get one successful > resolving of a domain name (I kept trying an other 6 times all > unsuccessful (no code changes)) OK, probably worth keeping it in then. > > is it possible that resolving DNS it is inconsistent? (or am I going mad?) By its nature it depends on other servers, and the network, and sometimes it just falls over. But your problem sounds deeper than this. Do you have a choice of DNS servers you can try? This on the still-missed redhanded may be of use in some respect, as it talks about fiddling with DNS: http://redhanded.hobix.com/cult/whoNicDOffWithTheYummyJunkDomains.html Other stuff about hoodwink.d may be of use as well. I'm not really familiar with the workings of DNS. > > Etienne > Hugh
