route takes long time to give the table

On Debian Testing running 2.6.7,the 'route' command is taking unusually
long time to give the table:
~# time route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
x.y.z.z * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
default x.y.z.z 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0

real 0m20.010s
user 0m0.002s
sys 0m0.002s

However, 'route -n' command gives the output almost instantly.

Anybody else experiencing this? Any idea why this would be so?

->HS

"H. S." <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

]On Debian Testing running 2.6.7,the 'route' command is taking unusually
]long time to give the table:
]~# time route
]Kernel IP routing table
]Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
]x.y.z.z * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
]192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
]192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
]default x.y.z.z 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0

]real 0m20.010s
]user 0m0.002s
]sys 0m0.002s

]However, 'route -n' command gives the output almost instantly.

]Anybody else experiencing this? Any idea why this would be so?

It is trying to get the names corresponding tot he IP addresses from your
dns server. But they are not routable, or do not have names so it has
trouble and times out.
Use route -n



]->HS

In article <7szmd.18382$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) (H. S.) writes:

>On Debian Testing running 2.6.7,the 'route' command is taking unusually
>long time to give the table:
>~# time route
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>x.y.z.z * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
>192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
>192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
>default x.y.z.z 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
>
>real 0m20.010s
>user 0m0.002s
>sys 0m0.002s
>
>However, 'route -n' command gives the output almost instantly.
>
>Anybody else experiencing this? Any idea why this would be so?

On my Slackware 9.1 boxes, sometimes all the lines come out
instantly except for that final "default" line (which in my
case also goes to a gateway, although it's on eth0). After
a pause of about 20 seconds (which I see is your delay as
well), the last line comes out.

And yes, I too would like to know what's happening.

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