On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 11:08:16PM +0200, Andreas Neth wrote:
> [...]
> ping from seshat to isis is currently without delay, vice-versa is  
> delayed.
> 
> seshat# ping isis
> PING isis (isis ): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from isis : icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.280 ms
> 64 bytes from isis : icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.250 ms
> 64 bytes from isis : icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.265 ms
> 
> isis# ping seshat
> PING seshat (seshat): 56 data bytes
> .....(imagine 20secs delay here)
> 64 bytes from seshat: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=45.535 ms
> 64 bytes from seshat: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.332 ms
> 64 bytes from seshat: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.323 ms

There doesn't seem to be packet loss, nor delay once ping starts
transmitting. Could you try to ktrace ping to see what it's doing in these
20 seconds ? Could it be a DNS issue ?

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