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Failed To Download Update / Could not contact primary server

This morning, the Sophos icon displayed an X in the center of the shield but wasn't grayed out, and the first entry on the menu was a grayed out "Failed To Download Update".  Choosing "Update Now" causes the Sophos AutoUpdate Status window to open, briefly display the "downloading" bar, then end with "Could not contact primary server" and "Authentication Error" followed by the date and time.  Looking into the console, I see that early this morning there were a number of messages regarding Sophos, almost all of them along the following lines: "3/19/15 7:28:22.685 AM SophosSXLD[137]: [SMESXLInterface.m:437] no DNS addresses found", and similar messages appear to go back to at least March 13.

Is there a problem with the Sophos server, and if so what's the prognosis?  Or is it something with my computer, and if so what should I do?  I'm running Sophos Home Edition 9.2.4 (Threat detection engine 3.58.1, Threat data 5.12) on a Mac running OSX 10.9.5.

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  • I've noticed the same problem the last few days. Here's my info:

    traceroute -I sophos-1.hs.llnwd.net

    traceroute to sophos-1.hs.llnwd.net (178.79.212.154), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

     1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  2.123 ms  1.596 ms  1.312 ms

     2  10.11.0.1 (10.11.0.1)  7.941 ms  8.291 ms  7.696 ms

     3  10.250.45.1 (10.250.45.1)  10.135 ms  10.198 ms  11.137 ms

     4  ae11-119.hinqe10.dk.ip.tdc.net (80.196.53.17)  8.674 ms  10.242 ms  8.608 ms

     5  ae1-0.tg4-peer1.sto.se.ip.tdc.net (62.95.54.124)  18.342 ms  29.160 ms  23.395 ms

     6  tge3-4.fr3.arn1.llnw.net (87.248.192.201)  20.383 ms  32.458 ms  18.841 ms

     7  ve5.fr4.arn1.llnw.net (69.28.172.130)  32.476 ms  19.964 ms  25.629 ms

     8  https-178-79-212-154.arn1.llnw.net (178.79.212.154)  19.832 ms  18.251 ms  19.726 ms

    traceroute -I dns11.llnwd.net

    traceroute to dns11.llnwd.net (69.28.143.11), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

     1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  3.191 ms  1.475 ms  1.625 ms

     2  10.11.0.1 (10.11.0.1)  9.223 ms  9.753 ms  11.739 ms

     3  10.250.45.1 (10.250.45.1)  11.440 ms  10.354 ms  11.406 ms

     4  ae11-119.hinqe10.dk.ip.tdc.net (80.196.53.17)  8.212 ms  9.624 ms  11.312 ms

     5  ae1-0.tg4-peer1.sto.se.ip.tdc.net (62.95.54.124)  18.525 ms  18.364 ms  18.894 ms

     6  tge3-4.fr3.arn1.llnw.net (87.248.192.201)  27.478 ms  33.932 ms  18.229 ms

     7  dns11.llnwd.net (69.28.143.11)  20.246 ms  32.820 ms  19.040 ms

    dig @208.67.222.222 myip.opendns.com +short

    188.183.157.135

     
    :1021542
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  • I've noticed the same problem the last few days. Here's my info:

    traceroute -I sophos-1.hs.llnwd.net

    traceroute to sophos-1.hs.llnwd.net (178.79.212.154), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

     1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  2.123 ms  1.596 ms  1.312 ms

     2  10.11.0.1 (10.11.0.1)  7.941 ms  8.291 ms  7.696 ms

     3  10.250.45.1 (10.250.45.1)  10.135 ms  10.198 ms  11.137 ms

     4  ae11-119.hinqe10.dk.ip.tdc.net (80.196.53.17)  8.674 ms  10.242 ms  8.608 ms

     5  ae1-0.tg4-peer1.sto.se.ip.tdc.net (62.95.54.124)  18.342 ms  29.160 ms  23.395 ms

     6  tge3-4.fr3.arn1.llnw.net (87.248.192.201)  20.383 ms  32.458 ms  18.841 ms

     7  ve5.fr4.arn1.llnw.net (69.28.172.130)  32.476 ms  19.964 ms  25.629 ms

     8  https-178-79-212-154.arn1.llnw.net (178.79.212.154)  19.832 ms  18.251 ms  19.726 ms

    traceroute -I dns11.llnwd.net

    traceroute to dns11.llnwd.net (69.28.143.11), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

     1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  3.191 ms  1.475 ms  1.625 ms

     2  10.11.0.1 (10.11.0.1)  9.223 ms  9.753 ms  11.739 ms

     3  10.250.45.1 (10.250.45.1)  11.440 ms  10.354 ms  11.406 ms

     4  ae11-119.hinqe10.dk.ip.tdc.net (80.196.53.17)  8.212 ms  9.624 ms  11.312 ms

     5  ae1-0.tg4-peer1.sto.se.ip.tdc.net (62.95.54.124)  18.525 ms  18.364 ms  18.894 ms

     6  tge3-4.fr3.arn1.llnw.net (87.248.192.201)  27.478 ms  33.932 ms  18.229 ms

     7  dns11.llnwd.net (69.28.143.11)  20.246 ms  32.820 ms  19.040 ms

    dig @208.67.222.222 myip.opendns.com +short

    188.183.157.135

     
    :1021542
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