[Bug 748887] [NEW] DNS resolving seems to be failing often and is taking way too long.

[John Muir]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: bind9

A couple of days ago (Tuesday?) my internet connections suddenly became
very slow/intermittant.

I thought the problem was at my DSL provider but after more checking the
problem seems to be in Ubuntu/Linux somewhere.

Reason: I can dual boot with windows 7 and have no problem at all. Also
I tried a Ubuntu laptop on the same router ethernet port and it also
works fine. So its not my hardware or my provider, and its not a general
Ubuntu problem either.

There are no error messages in any of the /var/log files and ifconfig
looks normal.

It seems to be a DNS problem as it's the initial connection to a host
which often times out. If I get a connection, I can e.g. stream an radio
station fine.

If I try to e.g. traceroute any host it times out (no reply).

Ubuntu 10.10 is totally up to date as of today.

Other people are reporting the same problem e.g.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1683691

PS Because of the nature of the problem, I am having to report this bug
from another computer, however the software it at the same level. I
would be happy to gather the information from the problem machine if you
could tell me how gather it and get it to you.

Thanks, John

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: dnsutils 1:9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr  3 09:01:27 2011
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_DK.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bind9

** Affects: bind9 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick

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Title:
  DNS resolving seems to be failing often and is taking way too long.