From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 23 23:31: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 290C337B6A2 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:30:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:28:54 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0O7UeY46406; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:30:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:30:39 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Ralph Dratman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd services very slow to respond Message-ID: <20010123233039.Y10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from ralph@maxsoft.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:39:27PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:39:27PM -0500, Ralph Dratman wrote: [snip] > ...the > services which need to be run by inetd have been starting up VERY > slowly, with delays of more than a minute before anything happens. > The services where I've observed the problem are FTP, telnet, and > pop3. > > Once a service starts up, it operates without any problem and > apparently at full speed. If I use the service again within a minute > or two, there is little or no delay. If I wait longer, there is some > delay. The full delay appears after I've left the system alone for a > longer time. Sounds like DNS problems. What happens if you execute the following on the slow machine, % host Where the IP address or hostname is that of a machine that you connect from. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message