From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 21:40:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DAA116A4B3 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19ECB4400E for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:40:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@susi.net) Received: from red (unknown[12.242.194.16](misconfigured sender)) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003092504400601300de3r3e>; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 04:40:06 +0000 From: "chris" To: Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:46:26 -0500 Message-ID: <019601c3831f$fa743350$0100000a@red> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: Question on FreeBSD name resolution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 04:40:08 -0000 I just installed 5.1 and have been playing around with it, but I am troubled by an issue with my network configuration.=A0 I apologize if = this is the wrong list, it seemed to be the most appropriate.=A0 I want to at least get the machine working so then I can start working through learning the ins and outs. =A0 My FreeBSD box is running on a Dell laptop on my home network where I have three other Windows based machines.=A0 All of my machines are configured to use another NT-Based firewall as both the default gateway and DNS server, which is connected out to the Internet via cable.=A0=20 =A0 I=92m using the default network settings that were configured when I installed the system.=A0 The network card is configured to use DHCP and when I do an ifconfig I see the Ethernet card has an appropriately assigned IP address & netmask.=A0 =A0=A0If I ping a website by it=92s = DNS name, the name resolves quickly and I get ping responses back pretty quickly (as I would expect).=A0 When I use FTP, Telnet, or WWW to try to connect to an address by FQDN, it takes a few minutes to establish the connection.=A0 However when I use the associated IP address instead of = the FQDN it connects instantly.=A0=20 =A0 It seems like the TCP (or at least FTP, WWW & Telnet) programs are having an issue with resolving the name.=A0 My guess is that they are timing out through trying to resolve via one means, and therefore then try a DNS resolve.=A0 Is there a way to determine the order in which the system currently does name resolution?=A0 I looked for the host.conf = file in my /etc folder and there was one, but even when I added one in it didn=92t help.=A0=20 =A0 =A0