Re: DNS timeout setting

[Tom Schutter <t.schutter@att.net>]

Sebastian Stark wrote:
> Tom Schutter wrote:
> 
>>The problem is that when I am not connected to the Internet, and I
>>make a DNS query, named times out before pppd can connect.  Running
>>the DNS query a second time works just fine.  For example:
>>   $ ping www.openbsd.org
>>   ping: unknown host www.openbsd.org
>>   $ ping www.openbsd.org
>>   PING www.openbsd.org (129.128.5.191): 56 data bytes
>>   64 bytes from 129.128.5.191: icmp_seq=0 ttl=234 time=267.4 ms
>>
> 
> Have a look at the "set choked" option of ppp(8). Maybe this helps.

The default timeout value for "set choked" is 120 seconds.  My link is
up within 20 seconds.  I don't see how "set choked" can help me at all.

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Tom Schutter
t.schutter@att.net