Re: [squid-users] errors while opening sites

Sameer Shinde wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I've installed squid 2.6 installed on my ubuntu8.0.4 server. I'm getting errors like attached one frequently.
> It says, "Unable to determine the IP address from host name "anything", but after some time say even after 5 mins the same
> page / site opens. I'm not able to figure out why is this happening.
> The error appears for any domain & is not particular to any domain.
>
> Can anyone help me out in this.
> I'm not able to bring the server in live mode due to this problem.

The DNS server being used by your system for lookups is having major
problems.
You will need to do some serious debugging to find out why. Things to
look for are DNS server overload, traffic congestion, lack of recursive
queries, etc.

Amos

>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Error Message:
> The requested URL could not be retrieved.
> While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.squidguard.org/Doc/install.html
>
> The following error was encountered:
> Unable to determine IP address from the host name for www.squidguard.org
>
> The dnsserver returned:
> Refused: The name server refuses to perform the specified operation.
>
> This means that:
> The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
> Check if the address is correct.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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> Thanks & Regards,
> Sameer Shinde.
> Sr. Customer Support Engineer,
> Email:- s2sameer_at_hotmail.com
> M:- +91 98204 61580
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>
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