Re: route takes long time to give the table

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote:
> --- "H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Apparently, _Riccardo Tortorici_, on 16/11/04
> > 22:39,typed:
> >
> > > Check your iptables settings...I had this problem
> >
> > months ago...
> >
> > What did you find your problem was? How did you
> > solve it?
> >
> > ->HS
> >
> >
> >
> > > H. S. wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Debian Testing running 2.6.7,the 'route'
> >
> > command is taking 
> >
> > > > unusually long time to give the table:
> > > > ~# time route
> > > > Kernel IP routing table
> > > > Destination    Gateway     Genmask         Flags
> >
> > Metric Ref    Use Iface
> >
> > > > x.y.z.z        *           255.255.255.255 UH   
> >
> > 0      0        0 ppp0
> >
> > > > 192.168.1.0    *           255.255.255.0   U    
> >
> > 0      0        0 eth0
> >
> > > > 192.168.0.0    *           255.255.255.0   U    
> >
> > 0      0        0 eth1
> >
> > > > default        x.y.z.z     0.0.0.0         UG   
> >
> > 0      0        0 ppp0
> >
> > > > real    0m20.010s
> > > > user    0m0.002s
> > > > sys     0m0.002s
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > However, 'route -n' command gives the output
> >
> > almost instantly.
> >
> > > > Anybody else experiencing this? Any idea why this
> >
> > would be so?
> >
> > > > ->HS
>
> When you type the command:
> #route -n
> you are telling to route that does not try to resolv
> names. That's why it returns almost immediatly.
> Nevertheless if your dns server is setup correctly it
> does not have to take long time in fact the difference
> is tiny:
>
> # time route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags
> Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 10.0.0.0        *               255.255.255.0   U    
> 0      0        0 eth1
> 192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U    
> 0      0        0 eth0
> default         10.0.0.1        0.0.0.0         UG   
> 0      0        0 eth1
>
> real    0m0.005s
> user    0m0.000s
> sys     0m0.000s
> # time route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags
> Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U    
> 0      0        0 eth1
> 192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U    
> 0      0        0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0         10.0.0.1        0.0.0.0         UG   
> 0      0        0 eth1
>
> real    0m0.003s
> user    0m0.010s
> sys     0m0.000s
>
>
> Regards.


Ah. Thanks for the explanation. I am connecting to my ISP through ADSL 
modem (that x.y.z.z was my IP at that time). So from your explanation 
the problem could be at their end?

->HS