On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 09:34, Andrew Dietz wrote: <snip> > When I issue the route command, I get: > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 > > ...then it hangs for up to 30 seconds before it returns the last > line, the default route: > > default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 <snip> Probably because it is doing a reverse DNS Lookup, trying to come up with a name for your default gateway at 192.168.0.1.... Three solutions: 1) Start using "route -n" where the n means "numeric" or "no name" 2) Add an entry in your /etc/hosts regarding 192.168.0.1 3) Add a PTR record to the DNS server handling 192.168.0.1 Of course that last one might be out of your control.... --Rob
