Unfortunately it was inconsistent all the time. Morning, noon or night it failed. In my setup I had it forwarding to my internal DNS servers. I would do a ping mypc and get a response. Twenty seconds later I would ping the same computer and get unknown host. It really should cache for more than 20 seconds. Sometimes I would get a response, sometimes I wouldn't, and my internal DNS servers have not gone down. I finally ran Ethereal on my DNS servers and found that they were not getting all the request from dnscache. Again, sometimes it got a request and other times it didn't. I changed to dnsmasq and have not gotten any more complaints.
Hope this helps, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Angelacos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ALParada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] dnscache inconsistent > Al, > > You mentioned you were having problems with dnscache a while ago, and it > worked better for you running dnsmasq. > > We're using dnrd (similar to dnsmasq) but then falling back to dnscache when > the ISP's dns server goes to lunch for some reason. dnscache is supposed to > be real stable, but we're seeing similar problems. Unfortunately for me, > I'm in a situation were we must go to the root servers (like dnscache does) > when the ISP's dns server fails. > > Do you remember any specifics as to when dnscache failed? Was it under heavy > load? mostly at night? Did it happen all the time, or once a week? ANY > information you have would be helpful to me. > > Thanks in advance! > > > > >I'm having problems with what I think can only be dnscache. I am using > > > >uClibc 2.1.0 with Shorewall and Openvpn. Dnscache is setup to forward to > > > > my > > > > > >internal DNS. Openvpn is setup to use dnscache as the primary dns on the > > > >config file. Somtimes it simply doesn't resolve. I have tried it from > > > > the console and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it > > > > will resolve a host on my internal lan then 20 seconds later tell me > > > > "unknown host". It doesn't sound like it is "caching" anything. I have > > > > setup > > > > Ethereal > > > > > >on my internal DNS hoping to capture traffic between it and dnscache, > > > > but alot of traffic doesn't get logged. I am thinking it simply doesn't > > > > send > > > > the > > > > > >request to the forwarder. I don't have the tools installed, so no log > > > > files > > > > > >are generated. Is dnscache supposed to be reliable and stable or does it > > > >have issues? All I really need is a caching DNS since my internal lan > > > >already has two DNS servers. Would I be better of with another package? > > > > Any > > > > > >suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > >TIA > > > > > > I switched to dnsmasq and found it stable. I abandoned dnscache because > > > it periodically would fail for a few seconds but then give the correct > > > result next attempt. I never bothered to find out why, perhaps I had it > > > incorrectly configured. When I swtiched to dnsmasq - my problems went > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
