[Cialug] slow route

Kevin C. Smith kevin at linuxsmith.com
Mon Aug 27 15:29:06 CDT 2007


Well, here's the odd part. Anything outside works fine, inside is slow.
Those inside are listed in my /etc/hosts files, so no DNS is needed.
Thus, my confusion.

# route
takes 20 seconds to complete
# route -n
is instant


> Does route -n work faster?  Typically, when I've had issues such as
> these, it's DNS related.  I'll usually cheat and add host entries in /
> etc/hosts for the hosts involved (in both the local and remote
> server) and it's all better :)
>
> I've noticed this problem in particular on my "FreeBSD box with its
> Aqua interface" when connecting to a network with no DNS / connectivity.
>
> -Tom
>
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
>
>> Any ideas why route would slow down? It all worked fine Friday.
>>
>> # route
>> Takes forever.
>> # ssh some_local_server
>> Takes forever.
>> # ssh some_external_server
>> Works as expected.
>>
>>
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