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Re: proc delays
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Jul 9 12:12:37 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: devel@vrml.k12.la.us (System Development)
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 09:27:23 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199607081726.MAA00572@vpsd5.vrml.k12.la.us> from "System Development" at Jul 8, 96 12:26:19 pm
> I have noticed that several of the network status tools will hang in mid
> report. For instance, route will often pause during its table printout.
> ipfwadm -M -l or ipfwadm -F -l will do the same. The pauses are either
> temporary or indefinite. They occur at random times in the printout.
> There are no error messages from the console or syslog. Whats going on???
The machine is waiting for a response from a remote name server that is
slow or down. The "-n" option stops the net tools looking up names.
Alan
