ghe2001 wrote:
> There are 2 computers on my LAN. I'll call one Fast and the other Slow. When I, for example, type ping www.cbs.com, Fast pings right away, Slow pauses for about 5 seconds ('time' says that). When I ping something in /etc/hosts, both start right away. On Slow, 'route' takes the 5 second pause, but 'route -n' is fast. On Fast, both are equally snappy.
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You have just described a DNS lookup problem.
-dsr-