Re: Client Server and DNS

Mike Segel wrote: > > 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 I got it. I just had to modify the nsswitch file. I have it first look using DNS and then the hosts file. It was the other way around before. thanks,