--- a/net/adns.lua	Sat Nov 08 12:28:49 2014 +0100
+++ b/net/adns.lua	Sun Nov 09 20:30:04 2014 +0100
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@
 
 	handler.settimeout = function () end
 	handler.setsockname = function (_, ...) return sock:setsockname(...); end
-	handler.setpeername = function (_, ...) peername = (...); local ret = sock:setpeername(...); _:set_send(dummy_send); return ret; end
+	handler.setpeername = function (_, ...) peername = (...); local ret, err = sock:setpeername(...); _:set_send(dummy_send); return ret, err; end
 	handler.connect = function (_, ...) return sock:connect(...) end
 	--handler.send = function (_, data) _:write(data);  return _.sendbuffer and _.sendbuffer(); end
 	handler.send = function (_, data)
-		local getpeername = sock.getpeername;
-		log("debug", "Sending DNS query to %s", (getpeername and getpeername(sock)) or "<unconnected>");
+		log("debug", "Sending DNS query to %s", peername);
 		return sock:send(data);
 	end
 	return handler;

--- a/net/dns.lua	Sat Nov 08 12:28:49 2014 +0100
+++ b/net/dns.lua	Sun Nov 09 20:30:04 2014 +0100
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 	local sock = self.socket[servernum];
 	if sock then return sock; end
 
-	local err;
+	local ok, err;
 	local peer = self.server[servernum];
 	if peer:find(":") then
 		sock, err = socket.udp6();
@@ -637,10 +637,14 @@
 	end
 	sock:settimeout(0);
 	-- todo: attempt to use a random port, fallback to 0
-	sock:setsockname('*', 0);
-	sock:setpeername(peer, 53);
 	self.socket[servernum] = sock;
 	self.socketset[sock] = servernum;
+	-- set{sock,peer}name can fail, eg because of local routing table
+	-- if so, try the next server
+	ok, err = sock:setsockname('*', 0);
+	if not ok then return self:servfail(sock, err); end
+	ok, err = sock:setpeername(peer, 53);
+	if not ok then return self:servfail(sock, err); end
 	return sock;
 end
 
@@ -788,13 +792,13 @@
 	return true;
 end
 
-function resolver:servfail(sock)
+function resolver:servfail(sock, err)
 	-- Resend all queries for this server
 
 	local num = self.socketset[sock]
 
 	-- Socket is dead now
-	self:voidsocket(sock);
+	sock = self:voidsocket(sock);
 
 	-- Find all requests to the down server, and retry on the next server
 	self.time = socket.gettime();
@@ -811,8 +815,8 @@
 					--print('timeout');
 					queries[question] = nil;
 				else
-					local _a = self:getsocket(o.server);
-					if _a then _a:send(o.packet); end
+					sock, err = self:getsocket(o.server);
+					if sock then sock:send(o.packet); end
 				end
 			end
 		end
@@ -828,6 +832,7 @@
 			self.best_server = 1;
 		end
 	end
+	return sock, err;
 end
 
 function resolver:settimeout(seconds)