Now you're just trying to make me look greener right? :-) Where would I find a dmseg file? ...is this on the server, the client, or both?
ypbind is not running. My network is of the 192.168.0.1 variety with a shared ppp dialup. The slowess occurs on the clients, although of course that could be a result of the server being slow to get things happening. Right now, with the server having been up all day and squid running on it, a fresh boot of a client works like a charm. So either starting squid has made a difference, or something on the server eventually stops getting in the way. Brian On Monday 17 December 2001 11:00 pm, you wrote: > post the output of your dmseg file, do you have ypbind running? do you have > a local network? is this box the dhcp server or a client? > > On Sunday 16 December 2001 23:20, you wrote: > > Thanks for the responses to this. I don't think that there are any extra > > servers running. One thing that may be related is that if I run > > linuxconf and quit, it complains that squid isn't running and will start > > it if I let it do so. Could this be implicated? I notice that during > > the shutdown, I get error messages telling me it failed to be stopped, > > presumably because it wasn't running, so it seems that something expects > > it to be started. > > > > Hosts files shouldn't be an issue as I am using DHCP and therefore don't > > have any addresses there other than that of the server. > > > > thanks again for the input! > > > > Brian > > > > On Friday 14 December 2001 10:10 pm, you wrote: > > > have you both considered turning off all the servers possible ? this > > > sounds to me like a dns , routed or ypbind server running (that you > > > don't need, and is not correctly configured. are you trying to run a > > > local DNS server? (as oppsosed to a local cacheing name server) do you > > > have ypbind running (but don't have yellow pages needed?). Are all the > > > local network computers hosts file correct? what about the IP numbers > > > for the DNS servers? do you have it set to need DNS all the time? are > > > you running reiserFS on the "dedicated server, which offers some NFS > > > exports" (not a good Idea) my bet is on the DNS. > > > I always thought a novell server would use ipx/spx, not tcp/ip? > > > > > > On Thursday 13 December 2001 23:19, you wrote: > > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:40:46 +1100 > > > > > > > > Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frantically pecked out this > > > > > > message::::: > > > > > I have a total of 4 Linux machines (OK, some of them dual boot, but > > > > > let's not talk about that) on a home/office LAN. One of them is a > > > > > dedicated server, which offers some NFS exports. > > > > > > > > > > Everything works very nicely, except that programs take forever to > > > > > load the first time. Just to fire up a konsole can take 10 seconds > > > > > plus - this on a machine rated at 2800 bogomips with lots of > > > > > memory. > > > > > > > > > > After things have been up for a while (don't know how long, but > > > > > many minutes at least), everything is quick again. > > > > > > > > > > Haven't tested exhaustively, but it seems that with the LAN > > > > > unplugged, none of this applies. > > > > > > > > This is a network issue if I've ever heard one. There is something > > > > not right with the network. I have a feeling it's got something to do > > > > with authentication somewhere on that LAN. Or, (the last time I saw > > > > this one of the machines responsible was a windows box - the novell > > > > client went south and killed the TCP/IP stack.) In that case when the > > > > TCP stack became corrupt it really dirtied the TCP communications on > > > > the network between that machine and the servers. While it didn't > > > > affect the overall performance of the network itself, it affected > > > > profoundly the machine that was having the trouble. > > > > > > > > In that case the offending client was uninstalled, as well as the > > > > TCP/IP stack which was then reinstalled, along with a newer, upgraded > > > > version of the Novell client. Problem happily solved. > > > > > > > > I'm presently having some similar problems on my home LAN when it > > > > comes to FTPing from a client machine to the FTP server here on my > > > > Mandrake box. Outside my network FTP server response is very quick, > > > > but locally on the LAN from time to time connecting and resolving > > > > that connection in order to do any transfers can take a few minutes. > > > > > > > > hope this helps at least shed some light.
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