Jeff Montagna jeff.montagna@mac.com wrote:
I had a similar problem at work, but any system (Windows, OSX, linux) with an IP address configured with DHCP would take 20 seconds to connect. The problem magically cured itself. IT claimed they didn't do anything before or after that could affect the connection, but I know they'd been upgraded all the switches.
Sounds like it was caused by DNS lookup (or lack of being able to do so).