In message <Pine.GSO.3.96.990727214409.8151A-100000@masu.wwa.com>, Amergin writ
es:
>I am installing NetBSD for the first time trying to migrate from NT. I
>prefer learning and determining how to do this as much as possible on my
>own but I am having issues in knowing were to look for help on services I
>know about. And even knowing the correct questions I should be searching
>answers for.

A migration guide from NT to Unix would make a lot of people's lives easier.
I know a lot of people just hire a consultant (plug plug), but a central FAQ
on this would be great.

>I am seeing "Ping" from the console taking up to 5 min to respond. Netstat
>-r also takes forever to build a table. I dont believe that it si normal
>behavior. 

Try 'netstat -nr' to suppress name lookups, and similarly, 'ping -n'.  You
probably have name service problems.

-s