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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!handbag.tecc.co.uk!parody.tecc.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Network problem on FreeBSD 2.1 ? Date: 14 Dec 1995 00:38:55 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4anrmv$1j5@parody.tecc.co.uk> References: <4alc7t$mkv@karri.bs.wa.gov.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost In article <4alc7t$mkv@karri.bs.wa.gov.au>, Jim <jimm@fcs.wa.gov.au> wrote: > >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 in that order (with the obvious change if you run NIS). This will make sure that /etc/hosts is checked before the nameserver. >Please reply by email It's usually considered good manners to read the answer in the newsgroup - other people may want to know as well and it improves the chances of erroneous answers being picked up and corrected. However, as I'm in a good mood, I'll mail an abridged version 8-) James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'