<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Courier; font-size: 12pt; color: #006600'>Thanks Mike.<br><br><br>cheers,<br><br>Troy<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Mike Burger" <mburger@bubbanfriends.org><br>To: "Troy Adams" <troy@athabascau.ca><br>Cc: "xymon" <xymon@xymon.com><br>Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:22:27 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: Re: [Xymon] DNS error<br><br>I have a similar situation for one particular system...in my case, it's<br>likely an issue that the name I'm monitoring is actually a CNAME, and<br>there are occasional timeouts when querying the server that's responsible<br>for the domain where the CNAME record resides.<br><br>My guess is that you're experiencing timeouts with DNS queries. If the<br>"error" states don't last longer than a single polling interval, that's<br>your likely culprit.<br>-- <br>Mike Burger<br>http://www.bubbanfriends.org<br><br>"It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just<br>stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1<br><br><br>> This has been happening on many, but not all, of my http tests since<br>> 23:49:51 last night.<br>><br>><br>> cheers,<br>><br>> Troy<br>><br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Troy Adams" <troy@athabascau.ca><br>> To: "xymon" <xymon@xymon.com><br>> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:40:57 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>> Subject: DNS error<br>><br>><br>> A couple of my xymonnet tests are reporting "DNS error".<br>><br>> There are no other details and the --no-ares xymonnet option didn't help.<br>><br>> Please help!<br>><br>><br>> /Troy<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it<br>> is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or<br>> privileged<br>> information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended<br>> recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take<br>> action relying on it. Any communications received in error, or<br>> subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.<br>> ---<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Xymon mailing list<br>> Xymon@xymon.com<br>> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon<br>><br><br></div></body></html>