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Error message flood when linking

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:24 pm
by Raven
Hi there.

I read the FAQ, browsed the forums for some hours, then registered to ask.

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[14:57] -IRC1.RPG-Server.de- *** Notice -- Hostname IRC2.RPG-Server.de is unknown for server IRC2.RPG-Server.de (!?).
After 24h my connection gets reset by my ISP.
After the link is reestablished some seconds later, I get that message.
About 30 of them PER SECOND, that is, and that's only a small guess, cause my mirc is flooded by it and disconnects after about 10 seconds.

Server 1 System:
old pentium 133 MHz, 64MB RAM
win2k sp4 fully patched
unrealircd 3.2.2 unmodified
lakeserv 6 final

Except for that errormessageflood (happens on both linked servers) the system runs perfect!
Yet the flood takes a lot of system load, server2 occasionally even gets its DNS service overloaded and frozen.

my link block:

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link IRC2.RPG-Server.de
{
	username	*;
	hostname 	IRC2.RPG-Server.de;
	bind-ip		*;
	port 		6668;
	hub		*;
	password-connect "##########";
	password-receive "##########";
	class           servers;
	compression-level 9;
		options {
			autoconnect;
			zip;
			nodnscache;
			nohostcheck;
		};
};
The same link block applies to server #2.
I wrote both configs myself, noone modified them.

Additionally I'll have to mention that I am in control of the RPG-Server.de nameserver, who routes irc. to irc1. and irc1. to a dyndns host, irc2. also routes to a dyndns host. both hosts are kept actual and contain the internet IP of both servers, which is done the second a server comes back online and checked every minute. So there should be no real problem with this. Just thought it may be important to clarify why i declared the nodnscache and nohostcheck.

The messageflood appears on both linked servers.
It disappears after manual rehashing.
It reappears any time later.
I don't understand the message itself, as the name really IS resolveable from both server machines.

...well, any ideas?
From a simple way to disable the errormessage to a real solution everything would help.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:25 pm
by aquanight
If your servers have a static IP address, you could try using that as the link::hostname value.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:27 am
by Raven
Sorry, both have dynamic IPs, static IPs are not really affordeable over here.

What could be the problem?

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:41 am
by Vickie
The hostname should be the remote server's IP / Hostname, not it's me block name.