Robert Benjamin wrote: > > On 3/27/2013 1:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> >> wrote: >>>> The reason I think this is the problem is the post where you said you >>>> could log in after a very long delay. About the only thing that can >>>> cause a very long delay is the system waiting for DNS responses on <snip> >> The IP address looks like what you would get from a typical home >> router, so that's probably OK. A quick test for DNS would be the >> 'dig' command. If it quickly returns a screenfull of root >> nameservers and addresses, then DNS is not the problem. If it >> doesn't, then check what you have in your /etc/resolv.conf file. >> > dig returned a lot of root nameservers instantly. Nasty thought: in one window, run tcpdump -A port 50, and in another, try looking something up, say, nytimes.com, something obvious. See what's going and coming. mark