--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/06/25 23:30:27	1.890.2.1
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/06/25 23:31:33	1.890.2.2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.890.2.1 2007/06/25 23:30:27 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.890.2.2 2007/06/25 23:31:33 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -7977,6 +7977,7 @@ sub get_dns {
     
     sub get_iphost {
 	my ($ignore_cache) = @_;
+
 	if (!$ignore_cache) {
 	    if (%iphost) {
 		return %iphost;
@@ -7990,16 +7991,31 @@ sub get_dns {
 		return %iphost;
 	    }
 	}
+
+	# get yesterday's info for fallback
+	my %old_name_to_ip;
+	my ($ip_info,$cached)=
+	    &Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('iphost','iphost');
+	if ($cached) {
+	    %old_name_to_ip = %{$ip_info->[1]};
+	}
+
 	my %name_to_host = &all_names();
 	foreach my $name (keys(%name_to_host)) {
 	    my $ip;
 	    if (!exists($name_to_ip{$name})) {
 		$ip = gethostbyname($name);
 		if (!$ip || length($ip) ne 4) {
-		    &logthis("Skipping name $name no IP found");
-		    next;
+		    if (defined($old_name_to_ip{$name})) {
+			$ip = $old_name_to_ip{$name};
+			&logthis("Can't find $name defaulting to old $ip");
+		    } else {
+			&logthis("Name $name no IP found");
+			next;
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    $ip=inet_ntoa($ip);
 		}
-		$ip=inet_ntoa($ip);
 		$name_to_ip{$name} = $ip;
 	    } else {
 		$ip = $name_to_ip{$name};
@@ -8011,7 +8027,7 @@ sub get_dns {
 	}
 	&Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('iphost','iphost',
 				      [\%iphost,\%name_to_ip,\%lonid_to_ip],
-				      24*60*60);
+				      48*60*60);
 
 	return %iphost;
     }