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[Randy Bush]

> This points to either name resolution problems orFAM problems (or a
> combination of both).  Verify that ping `hostname` works, 

roam.psg.com:/root# ping `hostname`
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.060 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.049 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.053 ms
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.049/0.053/0.060/0.004 ms
roam.psg.com:/root# hostname
roam.psg.com
roam.psg.com:/root# ping roam.psg.com
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.044 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.053 ms
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.044/0.049/0.053/0.004 ms

> if you have either tcp or udp blackhole enabled, disable
> them

oops!  bingo!  thank you!

but, why?

randy