On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Jay Kline wrote: > I had thought of that, but I am not sure that is the issue. When I do an > nslookup on the ip, it brings back the hostname rather quickly (almost faster > than some other hosts not having this issue). To be sure, I added my IP > address and host name into /etc/hosts on the server, and still nothing > changes. I forgot to mention that the server is behind a linux firewall, > which is forwarding ports to services in use. The services in use are: > > http (apache) > https (apache) > ssh (openSSH) > ftp (proFTPd) > pop3 (qmail) > smtp (qmail) > DNS (bind9) > > the http* seems to be working just fine, the others are all slow to start up. > Also, ssh tends to dissconnect randomly. The server is running a basic > setup of Debian Potato, and the firewall is Mandrake 7.2. > > If this is a DNS issue, what do I need to do to resolve it? Or are there any > other ideas? Have you checked the logs? Is it trying to do an IDENT lookup? Just FYI, HTTP is usually config'd not to do reverse DNS lookups or ident lookups.. so either of those could explain why that's faster. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500