According to Ricardo Denis: While burning my CPU.
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> hola amigos,
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> i have a computer connected to the internet 24 hours a day. why is it that
> if i try to telnet or ftp to it, it takes about 1 minute and 40 seconds for
> the computer to respond whereas if i http to it (or ping it) it responds
> almost instantaneously? if you�d like to try and see what i mean then the
> ip is 206.48.106.72. i run SuSE 5.3. thanks for any help.
Ping time responce is 800mS which i would not call normal, however thats not
the problem, Ray explained a lot, all i would say is, your system cant
resolve hostnames quick enough, be it a slow link to your DNS server or the
lack thereof.
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> -rick
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Regards Richard.
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