[iyonix-support] Re: Resolver not working
- From: rickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:14:18 +0100
Jeremy Nicoll - freelists iyo only wrote:
> rickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I think that Resolver is not working on my Iyonix 5.16.
>>
>> Web access not affected very much. Immediately after bootup NetSurf
>> has to be recycled three or four times before it will go and find
>> anything on the Web.
> I have a feeling that NetSurf implements its own resolver (presumably so
> that the same code does DNS on all its cross-platform implementations rather
> than relying on underlying OS-provided facilities). I don't recall why I
> think this though.
It makes sense although Firefox also need a kick on my Iyo before it
will work.
> If I'm right the need to "recycle" (by which I read later you mean stop the
> attempted page fetch and restart it) would tend to suggest that the router
> is being slow getting its DNS act together.
It is not just a question of speed. If I start NetSurf and leave
it alone for 10 minutes it still needs the three kicks on the reload
button before it will resolve internet addresses.
> How often do you reboot the router?
As infrequently as I can, but probably 4 times a week.
>> The A9Home and my wife's RISC PC work without any trouble It is just
>> the Iyo that is having a problem. All the machines are each plugged
>> into the same Vigor router.
> (I have an earlier Vigor router than you so I don't know if yours has the
> same set of diagnostic screens etc as mine has.)
> You said later that IP addresses are assigned by MAC. You've not changed
> the NIC in the Iyonix have you? If you log in to the router does it show
> the Iyo's MAC actually having an IP address assigned?
yes - If I list the ethernet ARP table it is in there with the other
machines on the network
...
> If you reboot the router while the Iyo is unplugged from it, then log in to
> the router from the RPC, then plug in the Iyo, do you see the router seeing
> the Iyo becoming attached and having its IP address assigned?
Yes.
John
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