On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 03:46:58PM -0500, Jon wrote:
> Machine A = netbsd 1.5.2 (100MBits)
> Machine B = windows 95 (10MBits)
> Machine C = windows 98 (10MBits)
> 
> When A pings B or C there is a 75 second delay before the information starts, no record of this on the ping stats.
> When A pings B or C by NAME, no problem, no delay
> When B or C pings A, B or C by ip - no delay
> 
> What the is problem? any theories.

Try "ping -n blah", this sounds like it is trying to do a DNS lookup
on the ip address you are attempting to ping.

-Andrew