Slow network response after changing IP address on RedHat 9

[her209]

I changed the following files:

/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Restarted the network service using:

/etc/init.d/network restart

When connecting using ssh client (PuTTY), login is very sluggish, i.e., after entering username, the password prompt does come up for 15-20 seconds. Before the IP change, it used to come up right away after pressing Enter.

 

[drag]

Maybe the system's resources are being hogged by something that went a bit haywire after the network restart. A bug or something.

Check out 'top' and such and see if you have a abnormally high system load or something like that.

 

[nweaver]

also, unless you cannot for vendor lock in reasons...update that box, RH9 is a security risk (imho)

 

[Nothinman]

Did you change DNS to reflect your IP changes? It could be timing out trying to lookup the wrong IP now or something.