I would tend to agree with you, John. I recommend disabling the ns
cache daemon (ncsd) on the linux server...

-steve

John vd Waeter wrote:

>
> > The problem I have is where do I learn about these sorts of problems.
> > Accessing Firebird on the Windows box on this site is fine -
> accessing the
> > Linux box is simply very slow :(
> >
>
> Hmm, DNS?
>
> How about the difference in pinging both servers?
>
> John
>
>