Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to document this, it might not be a "bug" per say, but it
> might be the root of other problems.
>
> My local DHCP server passes out 2 DNS IP's, the first a local DNS,
> the second a public DNS.
>
> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search priv.abelbeck.com
> nameserver 192.168.100.116
> nameserver 68.12.16.25
>
> In my test setup, 68.12.16.25 (backup DNS) is unreachable,
> 192.168.100.116 is active.
>
> When I start asterisk, it hangs for 90-100 seconds while loading SIP,
> then finally continues with the DNS found from the local DNS.
>
> I then swapped my DHCP server entries such that:
>
> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search priv.abelbeck.com
> nameserver 68.12.16.25
> nameserver 192.168.100.116
>
> No change, SIP hangs for 90-100 seconds.
>
> I then made my DHCP server hand out only one address, the active one:
>
> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search priv.abelbeck.com
> nameserver 192.168.100.116
>
> Fixed, SIP loaded in a second or two.
>
> Now, back to the normal situation:
>
> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search priv.abelbeck.com
> nameserver 192.168.100.116
> nameserver 68.12.16.25
>
> I used 'ping' to resolve names, and things resolved quickly, not
> matter that 68.12.16.25 was unreachable. Therefore this is an
> asterisk DNS thing. I'm hoping this behavior might direct the focus
> of other problems.
>
> Clearly, one secondary and unreachable DNS server should not halt
> asterisk for 90-100 seconds.
>
> Lonnie
>
Lonnie,
Asterisk is known to have some DNS "problems". I don't think that it
is AstLinux specific. Could you try sending this to Asterisk-users?
--
Kristian Kielhofner
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