Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/09/2011 19:19, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Matthew Seaman > wrote: >> > Not my experience. Running my own DNS is simple and trouble free, plus >> > it gives me much more scope to play with things like DNSSEC. > I've done it before, but I don't anymore. Partly

Re: SV: much to my surprise....

2011-09-23 Thread 'Gary Kline'
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:42:53AM +0200, Hasse Hansson wrote: > > Hello. > "Outsourcing" primary DNS services saves a lot of hassle. > I've been using http://freedns.afraid.org/ for a couple of years with great > satisfaction. > Please check'em out before decide. > i've used afraid.org

Re: much to my surprise.... [ now trending #OT ]

2011-09-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:27:57PM +0100, Dave wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:27:57 +0100 > From: Dave > Subject: Re: much to my surprise [ now trending #OT ] > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.61) > > From:

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-23 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Not my experience.  Running my own DNS is simple and trouble free, plus > it gives me much more scope to play with things like DNSSEC. I've done it before, but I don't anymore. Partly because it's very hard to provide proper levels of DNS

Re: much to my surprise.... [ now trending #OT ]

2011-09-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:48:09PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:48:09 -0400 > From: Matt Emmerton > Subject: RE: much to my surprise [ now trending #OT ] > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 > > >>

Re: much to my surprise.... [ now trending #OT ]

2011-09-23 Thread Dave
From: "Matt Emmerton" > > > > but i've been doing this for a while, and > > until i was away for five days, everything had been going > > fine for over a month. oh:: one power-out. the UPS saved > > the server, but everything else needed to be reinitialized. > > A lesson th

SV: much to my surprise....

2011-09-23 Thread Hasse Hansson
-Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] På vegne af Gary Kline Sendt: den 23 september 2011 03:31 Til: Ryan Coleman Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Robert Bonomi Emne: Re: much to my surprise On Thu, Sep 22

SV: much to my surprise....

2011-09-23 Thread Hasse Hansson
-Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] På vegne af Robert Bonomi Sendt: den 22 september 2011 22:15 Til: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; kl...@thought.org Emne: Re: much to my surprise > From owner-freebsd-que

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/09/2011 01:08, Frank Shute wrote: > I had to use them because my static IP all of a sudden became dynamic > (crappy ISP). Now it seems to have gone back to static again. There are much better ISPs in the UK -- usually the smaller ones give you much better service. You can get a /28 fixed bl

RE: much to my surprise.... [ now trending #OT ]

2011-09-22 Thread Matt Emmerton
>> >> *Finally*, i saw that my telco router was displaying "INT" in red >> >> LED's. i didn't know they displayed in any other color but the >> >> default green, but after power-cycling, voila! back to green. >> >> and now, yes, i can ping freebsd.org. and i'm pretty sure other >> >> network t

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 09:43:00PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:43:00 -0400 > From: Daniel Staal > Subject: Re: much to my surprise > To: Gary Kline , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) > > --As of September 22,

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of September 22, 2011 6:31:19 PM -0700, Gary Kline is alleged to have said: i'm to the point where letting somebody else handle the dns-and-outward side sounds better by the day. i'v got more question if you care to answer them. i've been using gkg.net for

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:28:50 -0500 > From: Ryan Coleman > Subject: Re: much to my surprise > To: Robert Bonomi > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kl...@thought.org > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) >

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Frank Shute
> To: FreeBSD Mailing List > >> Cc: Subject: much to my > >> surprise > >> > >> > >> guys, > >> > >> well, after a forced, unexpected, and emergency 5 days away, i > >> got back to my desk and could not ping. while mai

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Sep 22, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 >> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 >> From: Gary Kline >> To: FreeBSD Mailing List >> Cc: >> Subject: much to my surprise &

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 03:14:50PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 > > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 > > From: Gary Kline > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Cc: > > Subject: much

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 > Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Cc: > Subject: much to my surprise > > > guys, > > well, after a forced, unexpected, and emergenc

much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Gary Kline
guys, well, after a forced, unexpected, and emergency 5 days away, i got back to my desk and could not ping. while mail seemed to be working, and my *local* ping worked---I could ping around from my freebsd server to my other computers--i spent 3+ hours trying to ping various sites. Zero. i t