> If I boot both machines, and start each of them pinging the other, > nothing happens for about 90 seconds, then the floodgates open, and > all the ping packets get sent and echoed by the other.
My guess is that it's a nameserver problem. One machine is trying to look up the other, and, I would guess, not having much luck finding a nameserver on your little network. It eventually times out, gives up, and gets on with life. Tweaking /etc/host.conf may solve your problem. jon Jonathan Corbet National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Technology Division [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rdp/jmc.html
