Server giving intermittent errors

Re: Server giving intermittent errors

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on 5/15/02 3:44 PM, Jason Shewchuk wisely articulated:

> Hi all,
>
> I am totally lost and have ran out of things I can think of to try with
> my server. I am running a single ADSL connection (two static IP
> addresses) into a 10/100 based switch. From here I have one 6100 set up
> with IPNetRouter to my computers in the office internet access. On the
> second IP address I have another 6100 set up with Web*, FileMaker Pro,
> SIMS, and QuickDNS 2.1. This computer I believe is causing me the
> trouble. All the programs seem to be happily running except my DNS. I
> work most of the day but then I check and everything just seems not to be
> running, restart and it all seems back to normal(most of the time).
>
> My question would be could someone give me a bit of time to suggest what
> I have set up wrong with QuickDNS? I believe this is the problem as both
> SIMS and Web* give errors related to DNS lookups. Two of the domain
> names I host are bijouenhancements.com and inroads.ca. I have a bunch of
> others but I assume the rest would just follow suit. Now in OS X I have
> used their Network Utility to see if I can find anything out. A lookup
> yields some information but only after running it twice right after each
> other.
>
> I hope someone could help me sort this out. I have been trying many
> different approaches and nothing seems to be working. I look forward and
> appreciate any help.
>
> JOS
>

I would first suggest that you upgrade to the latest version of the "old"
QDNS. It fixes some issues with "deafness". Here is the blurb that was sent
out:

> We've just released QuickDNS Pro Server 2.2.4. This is a maintenance release
> that addresses a caching problem in QuickDNS Pro Server 2.2.3 (see more info
> below). Note that this release only updates QuickDNS Pro Server. There are
> no changes to QuickDNS Pro Admin.
>
> You can download QuickDNS Pro Server 2.2.4 at:
> ftp://ftp.menandmice.com/pub/quickdns/old/QuickDNSPro2.2.4.sit.hqx
>
> After installing, just replace your older version of QuickDNS Pro Server with
> the new version.
>
> We recommend that all users of QuickDNS Pro 2.x update the server to 2.2.4
>
>
> More information about this release:
>
> Version 2.2.4 (November 19, 2001):
> ----------------------------------
> - This version of QuickDNS Server fixes a problem with caching certain types
> of records. With version 2.2.3 of the server, the server could in some
> circumstances stop believing replies to queries and get stuck in a loop where
> it queried for the same host names over and over again.
>
> --
> Sigurdur Ragnarsson Men & Mice
> siggi@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com

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