Re: [cobalt-users] VERY Slow access to Cobalt RaQ4

["Rick Ewart" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx>]

> gethostbyaddr(ip.address.goes.here) Failed: 2

Devin -

This is the result of an error message stating that your server cannot
lookup the reverse DNS for that IP. I had a similar problem that drove me
nuts as I was using the local DNS server on that machine and I HAD the PTRs
properly setup.... It was what caused my slow response. I simply put up with
it for a while as it was a server that was used very little.

Once I finally focused on it and decided to resolve it, I discovered that
the provider where its located doesn't delegate the reverse lookup for my
IPs. I had to update with their system. Duh. Bingo. Problem solved. Or so I
thought. It solved the errors like you are getting but not the slow
logins...

I finally figured out that problem was with my network setup - I moved my
primary DNS servers and didn't update the network settings on the Raq. Thus
it only had one DNS server to rely on, which seemed the likely candidate. I
fixed it, rebooted and that took care of it. All has been well since.

I am pretty sure that its probably DNS related, just maybe with the network
settings, not the DNS server itself.. Check that out.

HTH.
Rick