I don't think I'm running a name server. All I have in my resolv.conf is the
IPs of my ISPs DNS servers. Which might be whats going on, because I have to
go through my iMac running IPNetRouter to get to the internet. Maybe my host
files not settup correctly. I've not gottend to to look at that
documentation that someone posted on this subject yet. Maybe that will fix
it.

Bob Nestor wrote:

> Levi Sluder  (eclipse@trellis.net) wrote:
>
> >Hi, I just reformatted my NetBSD box with 1.4.2. Now when some ftps,
> >telnets, ect, it takes a really, really, long time for them to login in.
> >It just waits, then in a few minutes I get the message on my console
> >from inetd, then in a little they get the prompt. Once they get the
> >login: prompt it all runs fast. It's just before that. I know this is
> >vague, but it's really annoying. Oh, this might help. Every time someone
> >logs in, while they are in the limbo waiting period, another 'inetd -l'
> >is spawned, then goes away if they do make it in. I don't know if this
> >is normal or not. Anyway, any help would be great!
>
> Sounds like your are trying to access systems by name and don't have DNS
> set up properly.  Are you running a local DNS?  Is it up? Configured
> properly?  Can you run nslook and chaeck on some names?  What do you have
> in /etc/resolv.conf?
>
> -bob