--- Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com> wrote:
> In article <200201111708.PAA06707@wilde.uol.com.br>,
>  <ricardorsj@uol.com.br> wrote:
> >Hello.
> >
> >We have here one netbsd that servers as main proxy
> for all out network
> >(200 machines). It worked OK until today's morning.
> >
> >The machine has (had) a fxp0 card. The problem
> follows:
> >
> >Today the servers was responding slowly and I
> thought it was our ADSL
> >(used only for web access). I restarted it.
> >
> >Our machine is now intermitent. When I ping some
> machine, I must wait at
> >least one minute for it to respond. (other machines
> can talk normally).
> >The only machine I can ping ok is our main
> firewall, any other it's very
> >slowly to respond. The problem is that although I
> can ping our firewall,
> >I can ping no machine except that one. (yes, the
> configuration is ok
> >because its working and the firewalls is forwarding
> packets for other
> >machines).
> 
> Your DNS is borken. ping -n ip-address should work
> instantly.
> 
> christos

Either that or temporarily add entries to a hosts file
and watch the problem go away... If the DNS can't be
fixed quickly a hosts file may be a good workaround.

Andy

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