[wplug] Network delays

[Mike Griffin]

This seems kind of silly to me.. but redhat (on setup) changes the 
localhost line of /etc/hosts to that of your defined hostname:
ex.  127.0.0.1  john.theripper.net

I always change this to:
127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain localhost
some.ip.addr.here   john.theripper.net   # if you need this.

another thing...  IF you're pulling out your network cable, it sounds 
like it's trying to resolve your hostname via the default gateway that 
you have set (trying to contact the nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf) so, 
as the first line in /etc/resolv.conf add this
search localhost

hope this helps

Mike


On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 11:13  AM, Weber, Larry A wrote:

> I have a PC running Redhat 8.0 connected to an office network.
> Occassionally I have to disconnect and using a crossover cable use the 
> eth0
> port to Telnet to an embedded Linux system.  When I have the office 
> network
> cable disconnected and try to open a terminal window (Gnome) there is 
> a long
> time delay before the terminal window opens.  Minutes.  Since this 
> does not
> occur when I am connected to the network I assume that the network
> connection is being checked.  Is there anyway to avoid this delay 
> without
> disabling the office network settings?
>
> -laweber
>
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