Network service startup time

[Lowell Gilbert]

Don't top-post, please.  It's hard to follow.


Owen Becker <owen at careflow.com> writes:

> Only remote ones from windows boxes.

You have DNS configuration problems.  The server can resolve itself,
but it can't reverse-resolve the clients, and vice versa.

> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 
> >Owen Becker <owen at careflow.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >>So I've noticed that when I try to connect to any network service on
> >>my new FreeBSD server,
> >>there is a significant startup delay. For instance, telnetting to port
> >>25 (now postfix) seems to
> >>hang for about 10-15 seconds. Same with ftp. Any ideas as to what may
> >>be causing the delay?
> >>I'm running freebsd-stable as of yesterday.
> >>
> >
> >Is that happening for local connections, or only remote ones?