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Re:If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least... by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Friday February 16, 2024 @07:43PM (#39405020)
Add a parallel step there, somewhere, for DNS. My raspberry pi runs pihole but the hardware is failing somehow so the server crashes so DNS lookups fail. All existing connections are fine, direct IPs are fine, locally cached results are fine, but new lookups fail. It is somewhat fun to watch it happen.
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Re:If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least... by EnigmaFlare on Friday February 16, 2024 @08:21PM (#39405344)
Windows has a tool to diagnose network problems, and it's usually completely useless but I think DNS not working is something it does identify.
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Re:If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least... by WalterBright on Saturday February 17, 2024 @01:43PM (#39412134)
Windows has a button to diagnose failed internet connections, but it has never reported anything other that the internet connection doesn't work. It's pathetic.
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Re:If you're just going to sit there doing nothing, at least... by tinix on Friday February 16, 2024 @08:18PM (#39405310)
Keep going... ...

Try: ISP router intercepts DNS and drops the record because your company put private addresses on public DNS and the router has rebind protection.

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