On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Juhani Talvela <juhani.talv...@kyamk.fi> wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry, but there is just this one PC connected to the router LAN port. > > When dnsmasq is running, there is a huge number of connections all aimed at > the ISP nameservers with port 53. If the mailing list allows images, you can > see the connection and traffic loads attached, here. > > When I stop dnsmasq, all connections are dropped and no excess traffic is > visible.
It could be a program running on the router itself, if the router is configured (think /etc/resolv.conf) to use dnsmasq for name lookup. > > Wonder if I should stop using dnsmasq and go for dhcpcd, instead? > > Cheers > Juhani > > > -- > Juhani Talvela > Research Director, Faculty of Technology and Transport > Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences www.kyamk.fi > Tel: +358-447-028-227, Fax: +358-523-024-30 > > >>>> "richardvo...@gmail.com" <richardvo...@gmail.com> 17.9.2012 3:55 >>> > On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Juhani Talvela <juhani.talv...@kyamk.fi> > wrote: >> I have a Netgear 3800 router running OpenWRT (earlier 10.03.1 and now >> 12.09-beta version). I upgraded because there was and is a seriour problem. >> When dnsmasq is running I have a constant load on my router processor of >> about 20-50%. Additionally, there is a constant download load on my WAN of >> about 8-12 Mbps ( I have a 20 Mbps Internet connection). >> >> This phenomenon results to halting of all other internet traffic. No web >> pages are loaded, no mail is retreived or sent... >> >> The problem stops at once, when I kill the dnsmasq process. Of course, I >> then need to have a fixed IP, netmask, router and DNS on the PC. But then I >> can access the internet, at least. > --------------------- > It sounds as if there is another computer (possibly unauthorized) on > your network which is generating the traffic. Since you aren't > putting a static IP or DNS configuration on that other computer, > wherever it may be, it doesn't work when dnsmasq isn't running. But > the problem is not dnsmasq itself. > > > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss