Re: ComOS dest 0.0.0.0 PPP bug

Dr. Delete Ph.D. (doc@lame.org)
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 08:23:27 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Once upon a time Dr. Delete Ph.D. shaped the electrons to say...
> >from customers on the mailing list of like problems. This isn't the
> >first time it has happened to us either. Can someone -please- look
> >into this and fix the problem? This is causing unacceptable service
>
> We are looking into it - so far we haven't had it happen on units here,
> which means we haven't been able to track it down. This is one of those

Yeah, the problem has been very rare in ComOS v3.1.4. Infact, this is
the first time it has happened since we've upgraded. Though it was
very common in previous versions.

> damn bugs that happens on to a small number of users, and then usually there
> is nothing in common other than the bug. If we can nail it down, we *will*
> fix it. The problem to date is finding the bug in the first place.

I have a strong feeling that the problem is somehow related to DNS. Can
you set it up so that your DNS server perhaps might fail on the first
query that your portmaster sends when establishing a session? Or does
the portmaster even query? (why would it)?

I just checked our logs, and the problem has happened again last night.
So I'm sure that our support newsgroup as well as voice mail box will
be full of complaints when I get into work. :-( Here is the log:

FYI - I haven't rebooted this PM since it happened, I'm gonna reboot it
now and see if that has any affect on today/tonight's sessions.

Oct 16 14:58:51 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S12 placeum succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 15:00:07 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S12 domer succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 15:00:33 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S12 domer succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 15:00:58 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S12 domer succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 19:23:35 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S10 jerryp succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 19:24:18 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S25 sherwood succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 19:26:38 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S3 humph succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 19:29:36 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S6 stringer succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 19:32:34 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S3 chuck succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 19:33:21 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S10 chuck succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 21:15:21 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S16 mmiller succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 21:15:24 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 etherbe succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 21:16:14 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S16 inky succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:05:02 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S13 nvj succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:06:03 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S22 eppelepj succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:06:40 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S22 eppelepj succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:07:16 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S22 groucho succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:08:21 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 shawn succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:08:52 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 willb succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:09:22 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 willb succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:09:52 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 mmaher succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:11:16 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 dekker succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:11:50 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 dekker succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:13:22 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S8 tje succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:14:11 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S8 tje succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:16:10 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 plr succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:16:29 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S18 michael succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:17:13 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S13 hammond succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:17:30 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S13 michael succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:18:13 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S13 asap succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:18:44 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S13 pseibert succeeded dest 0.0.0.0
Oct 16 22:19:03 sv1.access.isp.com dialnet: port S13 michael succeeded dest 0.0.0.0

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