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From: adf@imp.fl.net.au (Andrew Foster)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Network problem on FreeBSD 2.1 ?
Date: 15 Dec 1995 22:00:44 GMT
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Hi,

: >
: >The machine boots and runs OK; but when it gets to the 
: >'ifconfig lo0 inet localhost' line, it sits there for five full 
: >minutes before continuing.  In a similar way; when adding the
: >default, and static routes, each route add command takes 2 minutes
: >to return.

: Sounds like a nameserver time-out.

: >As I said, the machine runs OK, but the long delay in executing
: >network config commands seems wrong.

: At a guess, the hostnames are in /etc/hosts but the machine tries to
: get them from a nameserver first.

: Change /etc/hosts.conf to read

: hosts
: bind

I have the same problem, and that does make sense.  When I run /etc/netstart
manually when the system is up it runs very fast indeed ... 

Thanks,
Andrew

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Andrew Foster
adf@fl.com.au