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i'm not sure when it started, but my dns is officially flakey. sometimes
sites just won't resolve, and others, it'll take a very long time. my first
thought was of course: gibbled dns server(s). but no one else in the office
is having the same problem.

so then i tried a few simple tests:

(2004-10-05 12:13:51) $ host forums.gentoo.org
forums.gentoo.org has address 140.211.166.164
(2004-10-05 12:13:57) $ host forums.gentoo.org
forums.gentoo.org has address 140.211.166.164
(2004-10-05 12:13:57) $

the first request took 6 seconds (short compared to some others) but the
second not even a second. but this isn't the big problem. the delay is most
noticeable when using a program like konqueror to retrieve a page. it
literally can take about 30seconds.

so wondering what was going on, i ran ngrep. it took 17seconds to decide
www.google.ca didn't exist, and after a refresh, another 10 seconds to load
the page (with a dead image). here's what ngrep said:

#
U 192.168.3.232:32966 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32967 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32967 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32966
.............www.google.ca............./=...www.google.com..
+.......*...www.google.akadns.net..G.......&....'..G.......&....'c.G.......&....'h
#
U 192.168.3.232:32968 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32968 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32967
.............www.google.ca............./8...www.google.com..+.......
%...www.google.akadns.net..G.......!....'h.G.......!....'..G.......!....'c
#
U 192.168.3.232:32969 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32969 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32968
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com......$......Q....$.DNS.
$wt%F..............Q.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32970 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32970 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32969
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com......$......Q....$.DNS.
$wt%F..............Q.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32971 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32971 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32970
.............www.google.ca............./)...www.google.com..
+...........www.google.akadns.net.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32972 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32972 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32972
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com......$......Qq...$.dns.
$wt%F...............{
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32971
.............www.google.ca............./$...www.google.com..
+...........www.google.akadns.net.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32972 -> 192.168.2.4:53
5............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32972
5............www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+...........www.google.akadns.net..G............'..G............'c.G............'h
#
U 192.168.3.232:32972 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32973 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32973 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32972
.............www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+...........www.google.akadns.net.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32974 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32974 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32974
.............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com......$......Qc...$.dns.
$wt%F...............m
#
U 192.168.3.232:32974 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.?...........www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32973
.............www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+...........www.google.akadns.net.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32975 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.?...........www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32975 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.?...........www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32974
.?...........www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+.......~...www.google.akadns.net..G............'..G............'c.G............'h
#
U 192.168.3.232:32976 -> 66.48.69.3:53
.?...........www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32976 -> 192.168.2.4:53
.@...........www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32976
.@...........www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com......$......QY...$.dns.
$wt%F...............c
#
U 192.168.3.232:32976 -> 192.168.2.4:53
V............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32975
.?...........www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+.......y...www.google.akadns.net..G............'..G............'c.G............'h
#
U 192.168.3.232:32978 -> 66.48.69.3:53
V............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32978 -> 192.168.2.4:53
V............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32976
V............www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+.......z...www.google.akadns.net.
#
U 192.168.3.232:32980 -> 66.48.69.3:53
V............www.google.ca.....
#
U 192.168.3.232:32980 -> 192.168.2.4:53
V............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com.....
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32980
V............www.google.ca.nodes.net.ad-flow.com......$......Qx...$.dns.
$wt%F...............Y
#
U 192.168.2.4:53 -> 192.168.3.232:32978
V............www.google.ca............./....www.google.com..
+.......u...www.google.akadns.net.



how else can i debug this? is it possible a recent emerge could have done
this? please help. my box is handicapped.


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