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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!giffin.student.harvard.edu!user From: daniel@eecs.harvard.edu (Daniel B Giffin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Routing problems Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:39:22 -0500 Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lines: 27 Message-ID: <daniel-1303971739220001@giffin.student.harvard.edu> References: <24187b69.u9t27e.cb746@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: giffin.student.harvard.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37018 I have had this same problem every once in a while -- I can't telnet in or request web pages or anything for a good 60 seconds or so. Is this simply because my local DNS server is too slow? In article <24187b69.u9t27e.cb746@slip106.termserv.siu.edu>, jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu wrote: > For whatever reason (resolv.conf ?), your system is unable to resolve any > addresses (DNS lookup). Try using "netstat -rn" instead, and verifying your > "resolv.conf" file and its contents. The 'hang' might also be just a very > slow DNS process, but it usually is a DNS lookup problem which locks up the > last command that requires DNS. > > > Hi Steve, on Mar 10 you wrote: > > > # If I issue this command it just hangs! > > > > > netstat -r > > > > Routing tables > > > > Internet: > > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif > > Expire