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In article <wwv4t0ferti.fsf@sfere.greenend.org.uk> rjk@greenend.org.uk  writes:

> Geoff Blake <geoff@palaemon.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > I have a few Linux boxes, in the main running RH4.2 and are
> > generally quite similar. One machine is _extremely_ slow in
> > connecting via ethernet. When pinged, it responds in around
> > 1.5mS(ish) but when telnet'ing, the connection is instant, but the
> > login prompt can take 30-60 seconds to appear. Similar time delays
> > apply to ftp and http conections. Once the connection is made,
> > response is pretty well normal (as far as I can tell). Console
> > logins are normal.

> Check that the target machines's resolver is configured correctly and
> is working, and that there are forward and reverse DNS entries for the
> host you are connecting from.

..or that the /etc/hosts file on the slow server contains the entries 
for all the machines connecting.
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