Ping response slow

[Peter]

On Wed, 31 May 2006, Michael Yang wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>  I have installed a new linux server on the network a few weeks back. It has RH Enterprise Server installed. Now I notice that sometimes, other linux workstations on the network are having difficulities pinging it. The problem is kind of on-and-off, however, if i ping the new server from the server runs dns, it never had any problem.
>
>  In addition, there are a few windows workstaions on the newtwork and when i ping the new server from them, i got a slight delay and it pings.

see if there is a difference pinging by name or by ip.

Peter
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