I am running NetBSD 1.5, upgraded from 1.4.2 a few weeks ago.  In the
intervening time, I have updated my /etc to have all my old modifications in
it, and recompiled everything I had installed in pkgsrc.  I have played with
my dns configuration a bit in the meantime, however I believe that nothing
of significance is changed (but I don't really understand the ipv6 bits).

My machine has the static ip 64.32.145.41, on which I host truist.com.  I
have one internal computer set up, and am have reverse dns forwarded from my
ISP.  This is over a DSL line.

My problem is that I can't seem to use a connection to or from any machine
which is not local (10.0.0.*) without massive delays before the initial
response, and then sometimes fast responses, and sometimes more delays after
the response starts.

I noticed this a while ago when it was taking 10 minutes do download my
mail, when it usually takes seconds.  I also can't seem to access (nor can
anyone else) the web pages or ssh connections quickly at all.  I have
fiddled with a number of things, like the dns settings and firewall rules
(turning them off doesn't seem to work).  I am aware that my firewall rules
are perhaps a little flaky (they are a "first draft"), but they didn't
change across the upgrade.

I just recently discovered that "netstat -a" seems to behave oddly whenever
I have a connection to an outside host (outside of my 10.0.0.* network).  It
gives a few lines, then pauses for a long time, then says:

netstat: kvm_read: Bad address

then displays a few more lines, then says:

???

as one of the lines, then finishes normally.  If I don't have an outside
connection, netstat works perfectly.


Any ideas?  I am not even sure how to proceed from here.  If you want my
filter rules I can send those privately, or I can quickly provide the
outputs of netstat and anything else (as long as I am at the machine - from
remote locations, things get tricky).

Thanks!

Nathan Arthur