[cobalt-users] Re: Repeated Dial-up Connections... why?

[Tarren <tarren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I might have some insight into your problem... I did say *might* <smile>

I have  RqQ3i on an internal LAN. Now, this RaQ has no connection to the
internet, and no modem, but it DOES try to connect outside periodically,
causing entries in the syslogs:

May 16 10:20:03 patsy named[422]: ns_forw: sendto([198.32.64.12].53):
Network is unreachable

This IP address is:
l.root-servers.net.              (198.32.64.12   ):   270ms

So it seems that it is trying periodically to contact one of the root DNS
servers.

Maybe your situation is similar?
I don't know why it does this, and I don't know how to stop it, but this
might point you in the right direction.

Regards,

Tarren.

on 16/5/00 1:32 am, Rodolfo Paiz at rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Actually, I've just gone over my connection logs with my ISP, and I've spent
> over $50 on my phone bill *just over the weekend* (!!!) on calls from the
> Qube to the ISP. And $25 more per day as I try to work it out. So this is
> gaining some sense of urgency on me here...