[Cialug] Network slowness

[Jeff Chapin]

Forgive me for asking the obvious, but does nslookup return quickly?

$time nslookup www.yahoo.com

If this is slow, double check the file /etc/resolv.conf. It should have
something like:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 192.168.1.1

only with the IP of your nameserver. I would compare to the settings on
your windows box (*shudder*). If that file looks fine, I would go back
to nslookup and test each nameserver and see if one is slow or timing out.

I would also try something like :
$ traceroute www.yahoo.com
and see if there are any particularly slow hops. Your name server may
also be a good IP to traceroute ;-)

Again, forgive me if this is too basic, I would rather start with the
'obvious' though.


Tom Sellers wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone had experienced a problem such as this.
>
> When I ping a site such as www.yahoo.com it takes several seconds  for it to resolve.  This is true from the laptop that I have loaded with Debian, but if I perform the same ping function from a Windows workstation it responds almost immediately.  If I ping the IP address for www.yahoo.com directly from the Debian machine it responds quickly just as the Windows machine did while pinging by name.  
>
> I am connected to the network by an ethernet cable,  
>
> Is this some issue with the network setup of the Debian machine?  
>
> I found some information that indicated that being setup with IPV6 can cause such an issue.  I am not sure what the default setup for Debian 4.0 is.  
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> The machine seems to be funtioning normally other than for the fact that name resolution takes exceptionally long.
>
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