> 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???
>
It's because it is trying to lookup the names of the entrys from
a dns server, if you type route -n instead, it won't look up the names..
as for ipfwadm -F -l -n.