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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:30:39 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Ralph Dratman <ralph@maxsoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: inetd services very slow to respond
Message-ID:  <20010123233039.Y10761@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
In-Reply-To: <v04210100b693f63e635d@[192.0.0.27]>; from ralph@maxsoft.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:39:27PM -0500
References:  <NCBBLOELEKFDIAOGLKFCKEMIFNAA.agates@eddinc.net> <v04210100b693f63e635d@[192.0.0.27]>

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On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:39:27PM -0500, Ralph Dratman wrote:

[snip]

> ...the 
> services which need to be run by inetd have been starting up VERY 
> slowly, with delays of more than a minute before anything happens. 
> The services where I've observed the problem are FTP, telnet, and 
> pop3.
> 
> Once a service starts up, it operates without any problem and 
> apparently at full speed. If I use the service again within a minute 
> or two, there is little or no delay. If I wait longer, there is some 
> delay. The full delay appears after I've left the system alone for a 
> longer time.

Sounds like DNS problems. What happens if you execute the following on
the slow machine,

  % host <hostname or IP>

Where the IP address or hostname is that of a machine that you connect
from.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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