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-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100403202237.ga4...@europa.office
