[CS-FSLUG] DNS services declining

[Lincoln Fessenden]

Ed Hurst wrote:
> Tim noted on his blog he had trouble connecting to his own server, which 
> hosts this list, among other things, because of DNS not resolving. 
> However, little else was affected:
> 
>     http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1017.html
> 
> I'm experience some of the same sort of issue. The same server hosts my 
> websites, and I have inconsistent DNS resolution, too. Some times it's 
> great; other times it's slow. I have similar intermittent issues with 
> the odd collection of sites I visit each day. This problem has appeared 
> in the last couple of weeks.
> 
> I've tried using traceroute to test the path. I can find it's usually 
> outside my DSL provider's network, but cannot otherwise identify a 
> consistent culprit.
> 
> Does anyone know a better tool? Are others here being affected? Is there 
> something going on out there not publicized?
> 

Traceroute would be the one I would use.  Well, that and ping one in a 
while.  I haven't had an troubles at all lately and I will say I 
switched recently to a new hosting provider who seems to be really 
great!  If you guys are ever interested in switching up, please contact 
me for a rerferral.  The host is http://bluehost.com

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-Linc Fessenden

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