[K12OSN] slow NFS

[John Lucas]

Peter Hartmann wrote:
> I'm having an nfs problem at least...  On a desktop machine that's
> authenticating to the k12ltsp/smbldap server it takes for ever to log
> in.  Getent passwd takes 14 seconds to return the smbldap users.  Top
> command takes at least 10 seconds to start.
> 

One thing that can really slow down *any* network connection is problems 
with DNS. If both hosts involved in a connection can't resolve the IP 
address of the other, you get to wait for DNS to fall through *all* the 
hosts listed in /etc/resolv.conf. So, make sure that all your hosts are 
either in DNS (don't forget the in-addr.arpa zone for inverse lookups) 
or that your /etc/hosts files are correct, complete, and up to date on 
all interacting hosts on your LAN.

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