# Internet backup fails when connection drops

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/internet-backup-fails-when-connection-drops/1181
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/internet-backup-fails-when-connection-drops/1181 "2017-10-27T09:22:56Z")
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### Author: ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/internet-backup-fails-when-connection-drops/1181/2 "2017-10-30T16:27:03Z")

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Duplicati does 5 retries and waits 10 seconds between each attempt. I am guessing that it takes a bit longer for the DNS to get back up.

You can set the advanced options if you want to wait more:

```
--retry-delay=1m 
--number-of-retries=10

```

This will give 1 minute delay and 10 retries.

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