Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:48:52 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net> To: "Andrew E. Stevens" <root@ppp0002.log.on.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dial-up PPP Message-ID: <199708140444.AAA02468@radford.i-plus.net>
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From: Andrew E. Stevens <root@ppp0002.log.on.ca> > Whenever I dial in to my FreeBSD machine and start PPP, everything appears > to work normally. It accepts my login, gives me my IP address and says I'm > connected; but from that point onward, every time I attempt to contact the server, > there is a three-minute delay between initiating contact and receiving a reply. > For example, in Netscape I'll type 205.207.183.35 (The IP address I negotiated). > The status bar immediately says "Host Contacted, Waiting for reply", and then > the three minute lag kicks in. After three minutes, index.html quickly loads, and > then the lag kicks in again as Netscape requests each .gif image from my server. > For Telnet and FTP it's the same deal, although the lag only occurs once when > initial contact is made; from then on in I can transfer as much data as I want without > any delay whatsoever. Sounds like a DNS problem. If these two boxes are the only two on the network, you can edit /etc/host.conf to tell the resolver to check /etc/hosts first, then DNS. Then, make the appropriate entries in the hosts file. Same thing on the other end. Or, if you're interest is learning about TCP/IP networking and the Internet, go ahead and get BIND set up. All the info you need is in the man page (man named). Good luck, Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net> Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net
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