Why the LONG Verifying during connection status??

[Coutts, Ashe]

I'm using RedHat 6.1 with: "netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3-6.i386.rpm" 
and alos have a Netware 4.11 server on the land with the appletalk 
setup and functioning fine. When I use the chooser on a mac and 
select the Netware server the login screen jumps up immediately. 
When chooing the linux-netatalk box, however, the screen sits there 
with the "Verifying" message for 18 seconds or more but then 
presents the login screen after quickly flashing "Falling back to 
AppleTalk".

So, what was it attempting to do before "Falling back..." and what 
might I do to generate a prompt connection. 

Thanks in advance for any help -- Ashe Coutts


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       but it must be lived forwards."
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