From: Andy Shellam >> >> Both at home and at work there are caching DNS on the LAN. So a DNS >> request may come back with a valid IP address when the WAN connection is >> down. I still won't be able to connect to the remote site. > > Dig an external server - e.g. dig @a.root-servers.net google.co.uk > > If your net is down the query will fail even if the reply is > cached locally, because you're specifically requesting a response > from a.root-servers.net. What means dig? I can't find it in the function index of the online manual. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
