On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:28:13 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> >>> If I really want to know what is different between two boxes, I'll do >>> something like NFS mount one into the other or rsync their /etc trees >>> somewhere on a common host and let diff -r walk through them. >> >> >> As indicated above, I already know the difference between the two >> boxes. > > I find that a little hard to believe, since they behave differently and > you seem not to understand why. I have corrected the difference, and they now behave the same. > >>> Are you sure this isn't as simple as having (and using, check your >>> resolv.conf) a caching name server running on one box so most lookups >>> are resolved locally while the other is making the query to something >>> slow? >> >> resolve.config is the same on the two boxes. > > Assuming you mean resolv.conf, is the the first choice one of the boxes > in question? Yes, resolv.conf , I am not sure that I understand the question. The resolv.conf for the two boxes are identical. Each contain two router addresses. I have two nested routers, and each have the same two real DNS addresses. Mike.