Re: [Ekiga-list] DNS names

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

bnc netspeed com au wrote:
> Damien,
>> Le vendredi 02 octobre 2009 à 15:54 +1000, bnc netspeed com au a
>> écrit :
>>> Eugen,
>>> A further thought, does Ekiga issue a dns request for each number
>>> you have in the phone list, at startup?
>> It will try to determine if the contact is available or not. So it
>> will send a SIP message for each of them. I thought there was a cache
>> in ptlib though.
>>
> Ok, I think that explains the flood of dns requests.
> Not sure why you would want to do that though, can't it be done when
> you place a call?

When you start ekiga, it tries to obtain the status of each contact
(Available, busy etc.), and it seems that is the problem.

> If ptlib is supposed to stop it do I have to set something?

No, it's just ptlib seems not to have such a cache.

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Eugen