Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:23:32 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Maarten van Schie <AnEra@dds.nl> Cc: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange latency? Was: 4.1.1-Stable Message-ID: <3A04C4A4.F07E544@urx.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011050318030.235-100000@oT.o8.com>
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Maarten van Schie wrote: > > I just thought of adding the ns'es to /etc/hosts but it didn't help My host.conf is as follows: jade# cat host.conf # $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ # First try the /etc/hosts file hosts # Now try the nameserver next. bind # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line # nis Other than that, your setup is pretty close to mine. I kind of wonder from the UDP chatter if you have DNS both ways in your firewall rules. Kent > > On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Maarten van Schie wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, David Kelly wrote: > > > > > Maarten van Schie writes: > > > > I must say at first that I don't like the way I people are treating me > > > > inhere. It may be the words I use to tell things but I think I made clear > > > > what my point was and still is. > > > > > > Of what you are describing right now, I'd say the data you are > > > providing is thin. Hard to help with little to go on. > > > > Thin since it's everything I can tell at this moment. > > > > > > > > > My system was running smoothly before releng4 went into 4.2-BETA status, > > > > was indeed. > > > > As soon as I did build 4.2-B it all began, Pine and BitchX, as far as I > > > > can see now are the only ones affected with the problem on my box, are > > > > showing dificulties with their startup procedure. > > > > In other words, they need about several minutes to get up and running. > > > > > > Pine, the email client? BitchX, has something to do with IRC? > > > > Yes, that's right. > > > > > > > > Classically when a network application takes a long time to start its > > > doing DNS lookups that are failing, timing out, rolling over to your > > > next DNS server, etc. About 90 seconds per timeout. What do you have in > > > /etc/resolv.conf? What is your hostname and how is it defined in > > > > The only ones in there are the 2(NS1 and NS2 I believe) provided by my > > ISP, in their respective order. > > > > > /etc/hosts and/or the DNS server? > > > > /etc/resolve.conf: > > > > oT# cat /etc/resolv.conf > > domain o8.com > > nameserver 195.86.58.21 > > nameserver 195.86.58.3 > > > > (o8.com is a nonexistent domain) > > > > I tried using it with and without the domain line, but without succes. > > > > /etc/hosts: > > > > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts,v 1.11.2.1 2000/08/18 18:29:19 ume Exp $ > > # > > # Host Database > > # This file should contain the addresses and aliases > > # for local hosts that share this file. > > # In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may > > # not be consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order. > > # > > # > > ::1 localhost > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > # > > # Imaginary network. > > 192.168.1.1 gateway > > 192.168.1.2 jovasco1 > > 192.168.1.5 oT > > 192.168.1.10 aapieAMD > > 192.168.1.11 aapieP > > 192.168.1.14 jovasco2 > > 192.168.1.15 jetdirect > > > > #10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname > > #10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend > > # > > # According to RFC 1918, you can use the following IP networks for > > # private nets which will never be connected to the Internet: > > # > > # 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 > > # 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 > > # 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 > > # > > # In case you want to be able to connect to the Internet, you need > > # real official assigned numbers. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not try > > # to invent your own network numbers but instead get one from your > > # network provider (if any) or from the Internet Registry (ftp to > > # rs.internic.net, directory `/templates'). > > # > > > > Thisone I tried with and without my own host in it, but again without any > > succes. > > > > > > Hmm, I just recall a, what I thought to be, minor oddity from log_in_vain > > and found out that starting Pine gives me the following output(without > > any other network traffic from and to my box): > > > > Nov 5 02:50:17 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1424 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:50:22 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1425 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:50:28 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1426 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:50:52 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1429 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:50:57 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1430 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:51:04 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1431 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:51:29 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1434 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:51:34 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1435 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:51:36 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1436 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:52:03 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1439 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:52:07 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1440 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > Nov 5 02:52:13 oT /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 192.168.1.5:1441 > > from 195.86.58.3:53 > > > > The DNS server you see is the secondary one. > > > > The files mentioned did not change in the last 5 weeks or something. > > > > Maarten. > > > > > > > > > > > > If its DNS, then its most likely the apps are looking up the hostname to > > > get your IP address(es). Else they are looking up servers to connect to. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > > > ===================================================================== > > > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > > > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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