Actiontec Router/Modem dns failures?
Natefischer
Newbie

So my modem issues are fixed but I continuously get this message

(GMT-05:00)18:49:52 Wed Sep 29 2010 user info syslog: failed dns request len=158,srcip=MY IP ADDRESS, url=b._dns-sd._udp.domain_not_set.invalid 

(GMT-05:00)18:49:50 Wed Sep 29 2010 user info syslog: failed dns request len=86,srcip=MY IP ADDRESS, url=lb._dns-sd._udp.0.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa 

Is this something wrong, I tried searching on it but it only appears to be part of peoples logs with speed issues, I am not having issues anymore?

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Re: Actiontec Router/Modem dns failures?
lasagna
Community Leader
Community Leader

These are merely the DNS server reporting it's inability to resolve a particular name (because the names themselves are invalid).  In this case:

_udp.domain_not_set.invalid

and

_udp.0.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa

You likely have a windows machine which is periodically trying to locate various service records (which tell it if it's on a domain, etc.) and you don't have a domain name set on this windows server so the names it's searching for literally don't exist.

It's not an "error" per-se, it's just reporting that it could resolve something.  something in this case being something isn't expected to resolve anyhow.