[asterisk-users] Asterisk freezes when DNS not working: a BUG??

2006-12-06 Thread Giorgio Incantalupo
Hi, I'm using Asterisk 1.2.9.1. I have big problem with SIP VoIP providers registrations: Asterisk freezes when it cannot (re-)register with VoIP provider (registration timeout). The problem is related to DNS names resolution: if DNS server is very slow to respond Asterisk stops every activity

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk freezes when DNS not working: a BUG??

2006-12-06 Thread Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
Am Mittwoch, den 06.12.2006, 10:43 +0100 schrieb Giorgio Incantalupo: > Hi, > I'm using Asterisk 1.2.9.1. I have big problem with SIP VoIP providers > registrations: Asterisk freezes when it cannot (re-)register with VoIP > provider (registration timeout). The problem is related to DNS names > r

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk freezes when DNS not working: a BUG??

2006-12-06 Thread Al Bochter
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Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk freezes when DNS not working: a BUG??

2006-12-06 Thread Bob Chiodini
Giorgio, You could set up a caching name server in your local network, use it as your primary DNS server and your ISP's as a secondary. This would cache your ITSP's address(es) locally limiting your reliance on your ISP. Bob... On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 10:43 +0100, Giorgio Incantalupo wrote: > Hi,

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk freezes when DNS not working: a BUG??

2006-12-06 Thread Giorgio Incantalupo
Hi Bob, thanks for reply. The problem is all PBX are not in the same LAN and every customer wants his/her own DNS. I think I'll use /etc/hosts but the problem still remain: Asterisk shouldn't freeze during reloadthe registration should be located in another process but I think that such a c

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk freezes when DNS not working: a BUG??

2006-12-07 Thread Forrest Beck
You can run dnsmasq on the machine for local caching of the dns names. (http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html) and then apply this patch that will allow dnsmasq to set a minimum time to live (http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2005q2/000253.html). dnsmasq can be then con