David A. Gatwood wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Amitai Schlair wrote:
> 
> > A couple weeks ago, I noticed that it was starting to take an unusual
> > while (30 seconds and up, sometimes several minutes) to access services
> > that require authentication (like telnet and qpopper). Sometimes, I
> > can't access anything at all; even httpd and the rest take a seat!
> > (IPFilter never has trouble, fortunately, else I might have no way of
> > sending this message!)
> 
> Here's a guess.  Check and make sure your nameserver is working, assuming
> you're connecting from a host that has a DNS entry.  If you don't have a
> nameserver running, make sure your configuration is set up not to try dns
> (I forget which file in /etc it is).  My bet is that it's waiting for a
> DNS lookup to time out, which would take a while.  Does telnet work
> correctly after the initial connection?

My POP and telnet client are very clear about the status of name
resolution, so I can be sure that there are no DNS problems. The name
lookup completes right away, and _then_ I get the unusual delays. :(

- Amitai

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