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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