[lug] DNS issues with most recent Ubuntu updates?

[Quentin Hartman]

Sounds like you're getting throttled. Any idea how much data you've pulled
this month?

QH

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 3:18 PM, <stimits at comcast.net> wrote:

> I did an update on an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS machine with no issues, but I'm
> using wired ethernet. Perhaps it is a WiFi issue or a router issue (FYI, I
> am on comcast as well)? Don't know.
>
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> From: Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com>
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List <
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> Sent: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:29:53 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [lug] DNS issues with most recent Ubuntu updates?
> Has anyone else noticed DNS issues with the most recent Ubuntu updates? At
> first I blamed it on a faulty router (and still do - this would not affect
> my ability to establish a wifi connection or ping a wired port) or on
> Comcastic!! service but I'm seeing it on my work network as well.
> Behavior:
> 1. Everything works fine for, oh, 10-20 minutes.
> 2. Chromium starts to get "cannot resolve x.y.z address" errors.
> 3. It looks like 'curl' also times out.
> 4. Slack reports the network is down. Ditto the Chromium email alert.
> However if I run 'dig' it quickly comes back with the correct address. The
> really weird thing is that if I copy the IP address into the chromium
> address bar then I still have a very long wait. I don't think I've actually
> waited long enough to see if I get a "cannot resolve address" error.
> If I click on the wifi icon the wifi connection is restablished and
> everything works for 10 minutes.
> This is zesty and I did an apt-get update/upgrade a few hours ago.
> Thanks
>
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