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Workaround to lookupd bug in 10.2.6
Authored by: bmosca on Aug 10, '03 02:40:47AM

I have been experiencing this problem in 10.2.6. The kill lookupd solution fixed the problem temporarily, but the frequency of DNS failure was making this rather cumbersome.

It appears that the problem is manifest when there are multiple DNS servers in the network prefs (either from DHCP or manually set).

PERMANENT WORKAROUND (until Apple supplies a fix): Manually enter a *SINGLE* reliable DNS server in the network prefs. You'll have no backup DNS, but this has eliminated the lookupd-related failures on my machine.



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Workaround to lookupd bug in 10.2.6
Authored by: miker71 on Aug 12, '03 01:02:34PM

I also am running 10.2.6 and have this problem.

I thought it was due to some software I'd installed or something.

I reapplied the 10.2.6 update but still no fix.

BUT ...

I do have multiple DNS configured (like, 6 I think - can't tell for sure until I get home to check)

and I think Rendezvous is also running.

So,

I will follow the above hints, and see if they work! (sure hope so!)

I was beginning to think I was the only person running 10.2.6 with this lookupd problem .... !



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Workaround to lookupd bug in 10.2.6
Authored by: miker71 on Aug 12, '03 04:43:57PM

yep, seems to have fixed it.

let's hope Apple address this sharpish, it's been a couple of years already and lookupd is in a truly sad state of affairs for some users ... what would my Windows friends think!

;-)



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