> I was about to mention that there is supposed to be a bug in recent bind
> (what version I forgot) where ipv6 queries eat up time on systems where
> ipv6 is not available. Check the bind list for details.

I recompiled bind9 without ipv6 support and now it works much much
better. (USE_IPV6=NO with netbsd pkgsrc)

Thanks very much!

Amadeus

On a side note, I couldn't find a '-4' option to run named with.