I was going crazy trying to figure out why my "network" was so slow. This suggestion:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns improved things a great deal. It's a bit disconcerting that this has found its way into the production release, though, as tracking it down was not a simple matter. -- mdns listed in nsswitch.conf causes excessive time for dns lookups https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94940 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs