On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 seebs@plethora.net wrote:

> 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.

Hahaha, yeah. The migration I speak of is not this system but in general.

> 
> >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.

Damn, to obvious! Your probably right. Since I don't have a nameserver
setup and it can't currently resolve thru this box. 

Thanks