Thanks for the responses to this. I don't think that there are any extra servers running. One thing that may be related is that if I run linuxconf and quit, it complains that squid isn't running and will start it if I let it do so. Could this be implicated? I notice that during the shutdown, I get error messages telling me it failed to be stopped, presumably because it wasn't running, so it seems that something expects it to be started.
Hosts files shouldn't be an issue as I am using DHCP and therefore don't have any addresses there other than that of the server. thanks again for the input! Brian On Friday 14 December 2001 10:10 pm, you wrote: > have you both considered turning off all the servers possible ? this sounds > to me like a dns , routed or ypbind server running (that you don't need, > and is not correctly configured. are you trying to run a local DNS server? > (as oppsosed to a local cacheing name server) do you have ypbind running > (but don't have yellow pages needed?). Are all the local network computers > hosts file correct? what about the IP numbers for the DNS servers? do you > have it set to need DNS all the time? are you running reiserFS on the > "dedicated server, which offers some NFS exports" (not a good Idea) > my bet is on the DNS. > I always thought a novell server would use ipx/spx, not tcp/ip? > > On Thursday 13 December 2001 23:19, you wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:40:46 +1100 > > > > Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frantically pecked out this > > message::::: > > > I have a total of 4 Linux machines (OK, some of them dual boot, but > > > let's not talk about that) on a home/office LAN. One of them is a > > > dedicated server, which offers some NFS exports. > > > > > > Everything works very nicely, except that programs take forever to load > > > the first time. Just to fire up a konsole can take 10 seconds plus - > > > this on a machine rated at 2800 bogomips with lots of memory. > > > > > > After things have been up for a while (don't know how long, but many > > > minutes at least), everything is quick again. > > > > > > Haven't tested exhaustively, but it seems that with the LAN unplugged, > > > none of this applies. > > > > This is a network issue if I've ever heard one. There is something not > > right with the network. I have a feeling it's got something to do with > > authentication somewhere on that LAN. Or, (the last time I saw this one > > of the machines responsible was a windows box - the novell client went > > south and killed the TCP/IP stack.) In that case when the TCP stack > > became corrupt it really dirtied the TCP communications on the network > > between that machine and the servers. While it didn't affect the overall > > performance of the network itself, it affected profoundly the machine > > that was having the trouble. > > > > In that case the offending client was uninstalled, as well as the TCP/IP > > stack which was then reinstalled, along with a newer, upgraded version of > > the Novell client. Problem happily solved. > > > > I'm presently having some similar problems on my home LAN when it comes > > to FTPing from a client machine to the FTP server here on my Mandrake > > box. Outside my network FTP server response is very quick, but locally on > > the LAN from time to time connecting and resolving that connection in > > order to do any transfers can take a few minutes. > > > > hope this helps at least shed some light.
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