what could cause this?
   only restarting pppd fixed it.

   Jun 23 07:13:02 xxx named[75]: ns_forw: sendto([217.96.12.60].53): No
   buffer space available
   Jun 23 07:43:02 xxx named[75]: ns_forw: sendto([217.96.12.60].53): No 
   buffer space available
   Jun 23 08:13:02 xxx named[75]: ns_forw: sendto([217.96.12.60].53): No
   buffer space available
   Jun 23 08:43:02 xxx named[75]: ns_forw: sendto([217.96.12.60].53): No
   buffer space available
   Jun 23 09:13:02 xxx named[75]: ns_forw: sendto([217.96.12.60].53): No
   buffer space available
   Jun 23 09:43:02 xxx named[75]: ns_forw: sendto([217.96.12.60].53): No
   buffer space available


Hello...

One potential reason for this is an overloaded ppp link.  This plagued me
when a 28.8 async. ppp link was my only connection to the Net.

What I think occurs is that there is so much backed up traffic waiting to
go out the pipe that the system runs out of space.  This effects UDP and
ICMP traffic the most.

In my case, I found that if I did a ping to any site, the other end of the
ppp link would do, and ping responded with 'No buffer space' errors, it
was time to bounce the link.





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