Subject: Re: Lag on Netstat
To: Rob Hewlett <rhewlett@novalink.com>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@fwi.uva.nl>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/22/1996 09:49:55
Quoting Rob Hewlett,

> On NetBSD 1.1, I am getting a serious lag (on one machine only) when I do a
> netstat command or a w command.  It seems to lag at determining the source
> address on certain sessions, but I cannot seem to pin it down to a specific
> problem.  Has anyone seen this sort of behavior?  I've been through the
> hardware and cabling completely...even switching network cards and
> connections.  The load on the machine is low, and the network activity
> typically low too.  Any help would be appreciated.

It's a reverse name lookup that takes a lot of time. If you use the '-n' flag
to either of these commands, they won't try to use hostnames in stead of
IP numbers, so there should be no 'lag'.

- Frank