"defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
mustbjones
Enthusiast - Level 2
I found the following message in my Console log: 2/28/09 11:47:30 AM mDNSResponder[22] NOTE: Wide-Area Service Discovery disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.1.1:53 I am using OSX 10.5.6. Do I have a bad router? I have been having a problem in that I can't share my printer with another computer in the house. Thanks, MBJ
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Re: "defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
cjacobs001
Contributor - Level 3
try to Use Terminal & Terminal command to Flush DNS Cache

lookupd -flushcache

ENTER

Reboot.
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Re: "defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
mustbjones
Enthusiast - Level 2

I tried entering the command but I got a reply that said bash lookupd command not found (or something like that).

Some more info: my firewall is set to essential services only and Little Snitch allows mDNSResponder to UDP connections.

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Re: "defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
dslr595148
Community Leader
Community Leader
From source http://hackaddict.blogspot.com/2008/04/lookupd-flushcache-in-os-x-leopard.html

It may be "sudo lookupd --flushcache"

OR

"sudo dscacheutil -flushcache"

I do not have a Mac. Does the info that I found help you?

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Re: "defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
mustbjones
Enthusiast - Level 2
No, I am still receiving the same message at start-up.  Thanks anyway.
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Re: "defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
dslr595148
Community Leader
Community Leader
I used Google, and came up with this...

http://forums.mactalk.com.au/13/22352-mdnsresponder-note-wide-area-service-discovery-disabled.html

Does that help you?
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Re: "defective" DNS relay in Actiontec router?
mustbjones
Enthusiast - Level 2
Thanks for pointing me to the Australian forum.  The poster there said basically ignore the message.
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