From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 12 19:13:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA04007 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 May 1996 19:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA04000 for ; Sun, 12 May 1996 19:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA17323; Mon, 13 May 1996 11:51:27 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605130221.LAA17323@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Slow after change of class C To: root@buffnet.net (Steve Hovey) Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 11:51:26 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Steve Hovey" at May 11, 96 09:46:46 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Hovey stands accused of saying: > > > I note that when I changed the IP addresses of 2 freebsd boxes, the > ifconfig at start up just sits there for a long time. > > Are there internal tables kept someplace of ethernet address and ip or > something that would stall this when changed? They're probably trying to talk to your nameserver, or something else that doesn't recognise them. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[