Re: Resolver and Timeouts

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Joerg Schmitz-Linneweber wrote:

> How, if you don't have any information regarding your network env.? You don't 
> even have a default gw until now!

Yes, I did a work-around for this.

> I think (one, or) the only solution would be using a (external) DHCP server 
> which will supply you with enough information to *completely* setup your 
> network env.

Cannot do this for different reasons.

> E.g. it should give you an IP/bc/netmask *and* an IP for the nearest DNS 
> server an hint on where to find a gw (and perhaps an IP for a NTP server) and 
> the like...
> 
> BTW: Which application does the timeout?

Its ntpclient, but this seems to happen only for a weird DSL router 
setup at a friends place. It pings and resolves the IP of the 
NTP server correctly but the socket never sends to the server and the 
timeout is about 4 secs. Weird error that affects my app as it hangs 
until it gets a response...

        Uwe