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From: Freeman on 3 Apr 2010 16:30 On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 12:06:51PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I have a dialup modem. > > Pppconfig configured the connection with 'nameservers dynamic'. > > /etc/ppp/resolv.conf always contains: > > nameserver 148.240.118.40 > nameserver 189.209.208.181 > > although the timestamp on the file changes with each connection: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 2010-04-03 11:00 resolv.conf > > Now the problem: > > Several times a day internet communication stops and all that > appears on the status bar of iceweasel is 'Looking up xxxx' where > xxxx is the site that was being displayed. > > This is only resolved when you take down the ppp0 interface and > bring it back up, redialling the ISP. > > And the same nameservers appear in resolv.conf. > > Can anyone explain this behavior? And what to do about it? > > BTW it again happened at 11:00 as you can see. > Always start with the simplest explanation that works. Your dialup provider, your phone company or your phone line periodically drops you. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100403202237.GA4327(a)Europa.office
From: Freeman on 3 Apr 2010 17:10 On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 01:09:11PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: ... > > Dodgy copper between me and the ISP? In Mexico? You mean dangling > copper? Like that thing hanging down from the pole in front of the > house and that banged-up box on the corner that everybody puts their > left-over soda's on? > If there is a history of dialing up and reconnecting without issue, other than dial-tones, I'd say start with the ISP. Other failures would seem more likely to effect retries. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100403205942.GA18388(a)Europa.office
From: John Hasler on 3 Apr 2010 17:20 Run Pppconfig and enable either "Persist" or "Demand". -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bpe0jlqd.fsf(a)thumper.dhh.gt.org
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom on 4 Apr 2010 11:30 Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 01:09:11PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > ... > >> Dodgy copper between me and the ISP? In Mexico? You mean dangling >> copper? Like that thing hanging down from the pole in front of the >> house and that banged-up box on the corner that everybody puts their >> left-over soda's on? >> > > If there is a history of dialing up and reconnecting without issue, other > than dial-tones, I'd say start with the ISP. Other failures would seem more > likely to effect retries. > But we run Linux. The ISP will say it's my problem for running Linux. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hpab3f$e7n$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom on 4 Apr 2010 11:40
Wayne wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a dialup modem. >> >> Pppconfig configured the connection with 'nameservers dynamic'. >> >> /etc/ppp/resolv.conf always contains: >> >> nameserver 148.240.118.40 >> nameserver 189.209.208.181 > > Don't know. Have you contacted your ISP to see of they are correct? > DNS servers are usually under the ISP's address range. > > They look strange to me as the first one is in Montevideo UY and the > next is in Mexico. But I do not know how they do DNS in SA > They work now because I can 'dig www.google.com' and get 216.239.32.10 and then 'host 216.239.32.10' and get Name: ns1.google.com Address: 216.239.32.10 How did you get Montevideo UY and Mexico for the nameservers? I do 'dig 148.240.118.40' and get ------------------------ ; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P1 <<>> 148.240.118.40 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 13787 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;148.240.118.40. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: .. 10800 IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2010040400 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 179 msec ;; SERVER: 148.240.118.40#53(148.240.118.40) ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 4 10:32:19 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 107 -------------------------- Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hpabk9$g0e$1(a)dough.gmane.org |