CUPS webadmin slow when gateway down

[Salik Rafiq]

> > Salik Rafiq wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >    I've noticed that the webadmin can be very slow if our
> > > gateway/dns is down. What settings should I look for
> > > in cupds.conf to determine what could be going on.
> >
> > It is probably a DNS issue, so look at your system's resolv.conf
> > file.
>
> I have looked at that and everything is fine. Our gateway is also our
> nameserver..so when its down I can't get out to the internet. But I
> access my CUPS server by IP and it is slow. Very fast when the gateway is working however. There's a connection there but I don't know what it could be.
>
> Oh also: the certificate which came with my CUPS has expired where can I look up how to renew it?
> >

Some additional info . I've installed dnsmasq and this is what it gives in the log when I open the web admin page from another machine.

Sep 16 16:03:21 chamraid01 dnsmasq[31318]: query[PTR] 228.178.168.192.in-addr.ar
pa from 127.0.0.1
Sep 16 16:03:21 chamraid01 dnsmasq[31318]: forwarded 228.178.168.192.in-addr.arp
a to 192.168.178.254
Sep 16 16:03:23 chamraid01 dnsmasq[31318]: query[PTR] 228.178.168.192.in-addr.ar
pa from 127.0.0.1
Sep 16 16:03:23 chamraid01 dnsmasq[31318]: forwarded 228.178.168.192.in-addr.arp
a to 192.168.178.254

192.168.178.228 is the IP address of the CUPS machine and it looks like it is sending that out to the gateway.

I'm sure I have HostNameLookups Off in the cupsd.conf file - its the default anyway.

It appears that CUPS is looking for something in the ether...what would that be?

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> > Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
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