Resolved DNS Issues in OSX 10.10 DP3

[ismywb]

Has anyone else noticed that lots of apps are having DNS issues?

Here are the ones I have noticed:

• App Store
• Dropbox
• TextExpander
• Spotify
• Jing
• iTunes

This is kinda a big issue, and I may have to use my Time Machine to go back to Beta 2 if this persists, which sucks as they seem to have fixed the SMS talkage in Beta 3

 

[funkahdafi]

Define "DNS issues".

 

[ismywb]

Apps cannot resolve Hosts.

I tested this by in Adium, if i use the servername it cannot connect.

If i put the IP in directly, it works just fine.

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EDIT
Works fine on another machine. This machine is rarely rebooted, so I'm rebooting this now. Will check if issue persists.

 

[funkahdafi]

This sounds more like a local problem to me, e.g. your DNS server. Try using a different DNS server, for testing the Google servers are always nice: 8.8.8.8.

 

[ismywb]

Im always using googles servers. 😉

In any case, rebooting did resolve this issue, so I'm tagging this post as resolved.

 

[funkahdafi]

Im always using googles servers. 😉

Not a good idea. It will cause issues with many Anycast enabled websites. You should always use a DNS server close to you, preferably your ISP's DNS server.

 

[ismywb]

When you work on the internet as much as I do, you learn not to trust your ISP.

 

[funkahdafi]

When you work on the internet as much as I do, you learn not to trust your ISP.

When you actually work for an ISP like I do and you understand the concepts of Anycast routing, you will know that using a DNS server that's potentially not close to you CAN cause issue (slow Youtube streaming, for example).

Anyhow... not trying to argue here. Just giving some well meant advise 🙂

 

[ismywb]

Toucè good sir, toucè

Im simply too lazy to really care. :/

 

[freedevil]

Check out namebench to find the fastest dns server near you.

https://code.google.com/p/namebench/