Re: Client Server and DNS

Juan R. Guzman wrote: > > I've been having a problem. We use ODBC to connect to a Sparc Solaris 2.4 > with Informix Online 7.11UC1 and when we turn on DNS for sendmail the ODBC > clients take anywhere between 1 and 5 minutes to log on to Informix. When I turn > it off everything is back to normal. If I use telnet while I'm having the > problem it behaves fine. My hunch is DNS but I don't know what to do to solve > it. Any ideas anyone? > Try some simple tests. With the DNS on, do some nslookups. See how long it takes to have the client be seen from the host and vice a versa. One of the problems is that you are on a SUN. Are you also running NIS or NIS+ ? -Mikey