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DNS socket error 10054

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We keep receiving DNS down alerts for a single Mac mini device on a network, and it's unclear why. Could you advise on a direction?

4/15/2015 12:49:33 AM Down, Connection reset by peer Socket Error # 10054 Connection reset by peer. (socket error # 10054)
4/15/2015 12:48:32 AM Warning, Connection reset by peer Socket Error # 10054 Connection reset by peer. (socket error # 10054)
4/15/2015 12:47:32 AM Up, 2 msec
4/15/2015 12:46:32 AM Warning, Connection reset by peer Socket Error # 10054 Connection reset by peer. (socket error # 10054)
4/15/2015 12:44:32 AM Up, 2 msec
4/15/2015 12:43:32 AM Warning, Connection reset by peer Socket Error # 10054 Connection reset by peer. (socket error # 10054)
4/15/2015 12:38:32 AM Up, 3 msec
4/15/2015 12:37:32 AM Warning, Connection reset by peer Socket Error # 10054 Connection reset by peer. (socket error # 10054)
4/15/2015 12:33:32 AM Up, 3 msec
4/15/2015 12:32:37 AM Warning, No response (code: PE002)

dns mac socket-error-10054

Created on Apr 15, 2015 4:55:47 AM

Last change on Apr 15, 2015 10:42:54 AM by Torsten Lindner [Paessler Support]



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A connection reset by peer usually happens because of:

  • the DNS service on the remote host is shut down
  • a firewall/IPS in between the Monitoring Server and the remote host is sending a reject for the connection

Check also this answer:

https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/26523-connection-reset-by-peer-socket-error-10054

Created on Apr 16, 2015 7:14:36 PM




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