Re: proc delays
Andude/Guild (andude@vector.phantasy.com)
Tue, 09 Jul 1996 09:18:13 -0500
System Development wrote:
>
> 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???
They're looking up hostnames. Try the -n switch to route or ipfwadm--It
doesn't resolve hostnames and it will dump the IP's. Or add
commonly-used IPs to /etc/hosts, since that has priority over the DNS
lookup.
-Andy.