Subject: RE: Ping delays
From: John Martellaro (marty104@conen.net)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 17:54:25 MDT
Steve is correct. Even though I pinged the (non-routable) address
192.168.1.x directly, YDL spins its wheels for awhile. (Perhaps the
handling of /etc/resolv.conf).
Entering the IP addresses into /etc/hosts solves the problem.
On 9/28/01 at 5:07 PM -0400, Steve McGrane wrote:
>I've seen this on a lot of linux boxes, and although I can't say for sure in
>your case, In mine it has always been attributable to DNS servers not being
>reachable.
>
>Try placing the machine you are pinging from and the machine you are pinging
>to in the /etc/hosts file and then pinging again.
>
>- Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard McLaren [mailto:richard_mclaren2@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:11 PM
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: Re: Ping delays
>
>
>John:
>
>I had/have the same experience pinging a PowerMac 7200/90 (YDL 2.0)through a
>NetGear router, though I can't offer an explanation.
>
>Richard
>
>>From: John Martellaro <marty104@conen.net>
>>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>Subject: Ping delays
>>Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:50:37 -0600
>>
>>With YDL 2.0 on a TiBook, I find that the delay in reporting the
>>first packets is enormous. (Using /bin/ping -v). When pinging
>>machines on the local network, nothing happens for a long time, and I
>>thought that ping wasn't even working at first. Eventually, after 30
>>sec or so, I start seeing the ping results. Early delay times (time
>>= x.xx) are in the seconds range. Later it settles down, and the
>>numbers drop into the microseconds, as expected. Has anyone else see
>>this?
>>
>>(Behavior on Mac OS X is perfectly normal.)
>>
>>--
>>John Martellaro
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>
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