Re: {bb} bbtest-net from ext-script returns DNS Error

[Thomas Ruecker <truecker@technologie-management.net>]

> > I have installed a new BB and copied my ext-script for testing some 
> > devices every 60 seconds to the new system.
> > Now all conn from these system turns purple and I get the following 
> > error in BBOUT:
> > ---snip---
> > bb-netest-prio60.sh Major DNS problem: DNS lookups are failing or are 
> > too slow to keep up with bbtest-net - 0 of 3 lookups failed in 40 
> > seconds. Falling back to IP-address based testing.
> > ---snap---
> > If I test all host with "host {hostname}", I get a result in 1ms.
> > Anyone know, where I can fix this problem?
>
>
> That's what you call a "good question". I've had my share of DNS
> lookup problems also, and they are really annoying to track down.
>
> I've ended up setting up a local DNS cache on my BBNET servers,
> that helps quite a bit.
>
> Of course, if you have static IP's for all your hosts, you could
> just set them up with "testip" or run "bbtest-net --dns=ip" to 
> avoid doing the DNS lookup completely.
I'm running this script on SuSE 8.0 with local bind without any problem. 
Now I use the script on a SuSE 9.1 without local bind and I get these 
errors. Before I use this script, I don't get any error. Strange.

Thomas
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