On Nov 27, 2007 4:19 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Farrell wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just to add to this, I was using the IP address too and it was very > slow. This was also on a local network. After adding the lines to my > host files, it was fast no matter whether I used the name or the IP > address. I still don't understand why this matters tho. > > Just a thought. > > Dale > > > I am guessing your /etc/nsswitch.conf says: > hosts: files dns > > in this case, the /etc/hosts file will be consulted before the dns. If > you provide an IP address, it will probably want to do a reverse lookup > to the name (for .ssh/known-hosts for one); if provided a domain name, > it will have to look it up. > > > > You are correct. It has that exact line in the nsswitch.conf file. > Someone tried to explain the "lookup" thing but it just went over my head. > I know when I go to google for example that it goes to a DNS server to get > the IP to know where to go to. I just never could figure why it did that > when it has the number already. I just know that adding that to the host > file worked like a charm. > > I'm still curious as to why the OP is having this problem. I suspect, > like me all the time, it will be something pretty simple. We always find > the complicated stuff. LOL > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) >
The "lookup thing" is very similar to the same kind of DNS query used when visiting a website. -- - Mark Shields
