I have the following configuration: Main machine: 3Com 3c905 10/100 board, Win2K with Internet sharing enabled and ISDN dialup to Internet Second machine: Realtek 8139 10/100, Linux Mandrake 7.2 using DHCP to connect to main machine and surf . . Problem: If the main machine is off and I boot the Linux box, there is the expected long stall during boot trying to find the DHCP host . . . but the machine boots. If the main machine is on, but not connected to the Internet - the Linux box boots no problems, but seems to hang sporatically until I connect to the Internet with the main machine (over ISDN). If the main machine is already connected to the Internet while I boot the Linux box - everthing works without problem. It appears that the Linux box has problems when the Main box is not connected to the Internet - which would imply a DNS issue. Someone already suggested I set up a DNS caching server on the Linux box . . . but, what i don't understand is - WHY would the Linux box hang (literally) - no keyboard response, not activity except mouse movement - when the main system is offline from the internet? Why would a DNS lookup stall a machine? Why doesn't it simply timeout after a reasonable timeframe and continue working? Any suggestions would be helpful . . . Thx, Robert
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