Package: irssi Version: 0.8.10-2 Severity: normal 05:55 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: No PONG reply from server chat.freenode.net in 301 seconds, disconnecting 05:55 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Connection lost to chat.freenode.net 05:55 -!- Irssi: Removed reconnection to server chat.freenode.net port 6667 05:55 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Looking up chat.freenode.net 05:56 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Reconnecting to chat.freenode.net [130.239.18.172] port 6667 - use /RMRECONNS to abort 05:59 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Unable to connect server chat.freenode.net port 6667 [Connection timed out] 06:04 -!- Irssi: Removed reconnection to server chat.freenode.net port 6667 06:04 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Looking up chat.freenode.net 06:04 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Reconnecting to chat.freenode.net [130.239.18.172] port 6667 - use /RMRECONNS to abort 06:07 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Unable to connect server chat.freenode.net port 6667 [Connection timed out] 06:12 -!- Irssi: Removed reconnection to server chat.freenode.net port 6667 06:12 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Looking up chat.freenode.net 06:12 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Reconnecting to chat.freenode.net [130.239.18.172] port 6667 - use /RMRECONNS to abort 06:15 [Freenode] -!- Irssi: Unable to connect server chat.freenode.net port 6667 [Connection timed out] 06:20 -!- Irssi: Removed reconnection to server chat.freenode.net port 6667
This pattern continues for several hours. Note that the IP address is the same every time, even though: $ host chat.freenode.net chat.freenode.net has address 64.161.254.20 chat.freenode.net has address 82.96.64.4 chat.freenode.net has address 130.239.18.172 chat.freenode.net has address 140.211.166.3 chat.freenode.net has address 140.211.166.4 chat.freenode.net has address 154.35.200.44 chat.freenode.net has address 204.11.244.21 chat.freenode.net has address 207.158.1.150 chat.freenode.net has address 208.71.169.36 chat.freenode.net has address 209.177.146.34 chat.freenode.net has address 213.92.8.4 chat.freenode.net has address 216.165.191.52 Please make irssi repeat the DNS lookup on reconnection, so that it doesn't get stuck on a single broken server like this. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]