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From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net>
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Subject: Re: Slow response on 2.1.5
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Jose F. Reyes wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I just installed 2.1.5 from scratch on a PC that used to have 2.1.0.
> However, the system's response is sometimes slow (in the order of a minute
> or so) to respond, at least with the commands 'netstat' and 'ppp'. The box
> is configured similarly to the old 2.1.0 setup, which was always very fast.
> This behavior happens frequently, but not all the time; if I reboot,
> sometimes it works as fast as it should.
> 
> Any ideas on what the problem might be? Thank you for your help.
> 

The fact that it works SOMETIMES leads me to belive in a IRQ
conflict!
But as David mentioned it could also be a nameserver lookup problem.

-Enjoy
Gary
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