Subject: Re: strange networking problems on 1.6.2 & -current (sparc/sparc64/macppc/i386)
To: Timo =?unknown-8bit?Q?Sch=F6ler?= <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@MIT.EDU>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/19/2004 13:12:56
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 06:37:07PM +0100, Timo Schler wrote:
> ftp to ftp.netbsd.org (for example; it occurs everytime i try to access 
> a system not in my /24) -> one to two minutes pause, then connect; 
> speed is okay.

Is *reverse* DNS, to look up your host name, working?  This will often
cause the other side to appear to "hang" for a minute or so.