Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:46:26 -0500 From: "chris" <chris@susi.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Question on FreeBSD name resolution Message-ID: <019601c3831f$fa743350$0100000a@red>
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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
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