On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Bob La Quey wrote:
>
>> Hola amigos,
>>
>> I dunno if it is just my laptop which is admittedly not the latest and
>> greatest or more likely the config/drivers but I seem to lose DNS
>> connection from time to time. It may depend on the WiFi traqffic load.
>> I just do not know.
>>
>> Look at this
>>
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=1933 ttl=255 time=113
>> ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=1935 ttl=255
>> time=92.1 ms
>>
>>> From boblq-laptop.local (10.0.1.154) icmp_seq=1973 Destination Host
>>> Unreachable
>>> From boblq-laptop.local (10.0.1.154) icmp_seq=1974 Destination Host
>>> Unreachable
>>>
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=1975 ttl=255
>> time=45.1 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=1993 ttl=255
>> time=36.8 ms
>>
>> WTF?
>>
>> And this
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2124 ttl=255
>> time=1.61 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2125 ttl=255
>> time=4684 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2126 ttl=255
>> time=3689 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2127 ttl=255
>> time=2692 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2128 ttl=255
>> time=1699 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2129 ttl=255 time=765
>> ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2130 ttl=255
>> time=9.36 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2131 ttl=255
>> time=24.5 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2133 ttl=255
>> time=18.7 ms
>> 64 bytes from Extreme-II.local (10.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2134 ttl=255
>> time=96.5 ms
>>
>>
>> Whooo hoo.
>>
>> dig shows only one DNS at 10.0.1.1   ...
>>
>> Is losing DNS common in such an environment?
>>
>
> Probably.  Isn't DNS sent on UDP?  Consequently, it doesn't have a
> retransmit.  So, given the packet loss you're seeing, it's likely that a UDP
> packet will get dumped every now and then and the DNS timeout will have to
> fire.
>
> -a
>

Why not run a local dns cache on your laptop?

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