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Date:      Tue, 16 Apr 1996 07:22:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      steve hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Paul Sondhu <paul@troi.comcirc.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The time it take to log in when network connection is down
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.91.960416072151.9504I-100000@buffnet1.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960416171709.22128A-100000@troi.comcirc.com.au>

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My vote is that your /etc/resolv.conf is pointing to an offsite DNS


On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Paul Sondhu wrote:

> 
> I have noticed that when our internet connection is down, it takes a
> long time to login into our main internet server. Our server is a 
> FreeBSD 2.0.5 machine and it handles email, dialup and DNS. After the
> password is typed in, the 'You have mail' prompt comes up as usual but
> the shell prompt takes a few minutes to appear before you can start using
> the shell. What I mean by our internet connection being down is when our
> LAN is disconnected from our service provider.
> 



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