Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:04:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr>, genght@cn.ibm.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE box more slow than slackware3.5 box? Message-ID: <19990211090437.G71962@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <011301be550e$940dd470$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>; from Thomas T. Veldhouse on Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 10:01:06AM -0600 References: <011301be550e$940dd470$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>
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On Wednesday, 10 February 1999 at 10:01:06 -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > On Wednesday, February 10, 1999 9:53 AM, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@turkey.ispro.net.tr> wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 genght@cn.ibm.com wrote: >>> I have two boxes that have the same hardware.One is FreeBSD2.2.8-RELEASE >>> and the other is Slackware3.5. >>> They are using the same Intel 10/100 NIC and attaching to the same 10/100 >>> Bay 450T switch.But when I ftp/telnet to my FreeBSD box(either from win95 >>> client or from linux client),it responded after a very very long time (I >>> think it is dead,but not.)But the linux box work perfectly. >>> Why? Does FreeBSD2.2.8-RELEASE have some faults when handing the 100M >>> ethernet? >>> I so love FreeBSD, I am not willing hear that FreeBSD is worse than >>> slackware. >> >> I think your IP address do not resolve to a hostname >> your FreeBSD box is looking for your dns name >> that is why it takes so long > > Switch the order lookup order in /etc/host.conf to: > > hosts > bind This will work if you're using /etc/hosts, and the machine is only defined in /etc/hosts. You'd be a whole lot better off not doing so, though. If you're on the net, you should be using DNS. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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