[lug] DNS issues with most recent Ubuntu updates?

[Bear Giles]

Not nearly enough to trigger throttling, and that wouldn't explain seeing
the same behavior at home and in the office.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bear Giles <bgiles at coyotesong.com>
>> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List <
>> lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>> 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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