> Josh Coffman wrote: >> The problem is that web access is excessively slow from the ubuntu >> host but nice & fast on the windows vm. Actually, I also cannot access >> any local network machines by DNS name which tells me there is a DNS >> problem. Again, this is only on the Ubuntu sid From: Josh Coffman > Well I was using Chromium but I opened firefox and tried that. > Unfortunately that didn't make a difference. What's in /etc/resolv.conf on the Ubuntu box? How does it differ from whatever the equivalent is on the 'Doze VM? If resolv.conf contains search example.com nameserver 1.2.3.4 nameserver 5.6.7.8 ...then can you do "dig crow202.org 1.2.3.4" and "dig crow202.org 5.6.7.8" and get fast responses from both? If one nameserver is returning quickly and one isn't returning at all, this could cause dumb things. IIRC, 'Doze boxes avoid using a second nameserver if one exists, while Linux machines will use a second and third. If a second nameserver is in the resolv.conf but isn't *responding*, you could get long timeouts for DNS on Linux boxes for seemingly inexplicable reasons. It also might be worth making sure that there aren't any iptables rules blocking port 53. This is unlikely, but easy to check. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss