I had a similar issue and it turned out to be that the system was referencing itself with a name that wasen't in the /etc/hosts file for some reason. Make sure that you put in every possible combination of hostname you have in the hosts file. I think for some reason I had to put in hostname.local 127.0.0.1 to solve my issue (although several years ago so my memory is scetchy). --j On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:03:21PM -0600, Florin Iucha wrote: > I am in the process of upgrading my web/mail/proxy/etc server from a > Deskpro PII/450 (named hermes) to a Netvista PIII/600 (named athena). > I am doing the transition gradually, by slowly moving the services over time. > > Both machines run Debian testing+unstable. Both machines are connected > to the DSL switch (network 10.10.0.x) and to the internal gigabit > switch (network 10.0.0.x). > > My problem is with the DNS server: right now both machines run bind > (bind9 9.3.1-2.0.1), with the same db.* except for the appropriate > records (each server thinks it is the authoritative server for both > 10.0.0.x and 10.10.0.x). Both servers forward requests to the same > pair of DNS servers at the ISP (visi). > > When I set the proxy server (squid 2.5.12-4) running on athena to use > the DNS server running on athena, I get 10-15 seconds delay in the web > browser. Watching the access.log, there is no entry for the URL I have > just requested. The URL will show after 10-15 seconds. > > If I change the resolv.conf on athena to point to hermes, there is no > delay, and everyting is fast as expected. Only when athena is using > the local server, I can see the delay. The delay is there even if the > DNS server on hermes is down (no competition). > > Both servers are unloaded, have 512 MB RAM, run Shorewall... They are > configured quite identical. > > Does anybody have any idea what is going on or what should I do to try > to isolate the problem? > > Thank you, > florin > > -- > Don't question authority: they don't know either! > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list