why my FC6 start so slowly?

[John]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> John wrote:
>   
>>  You know, I did notice something weird- now that you mention the cable.
>> The first time I booted up, the cable was connected and the start up
>> seemed to spend more time on sendmail (then I thought it should be). The
>> 2nd boot up (hrs later) was w/o the cable connected; it booted up fairly
>> quickly. The 3rd boot had the cable connected and the start up dragged
>> on again.
>>
>>     
> That sounds like the system is trying to do a DNS lookup, and/or
> taking a while to do the DHCP handshake/settings. With the cable
> unplugged, it does not try to access the network. (As long as your
> NIC and driver supports link detection - most do.)
>
> Are you connected to a router? Is the interface set for dynamic or
> static IP? Did you set a hostname?
>
> Mikkel
>   
Turning off the services sounds fine; I'm tucked behind a  router.

            John