Timeouts do not change when make values in dhc3conf smaller. I can now quantify the timeouts more, I ran a simple perl script that pings a server on the same subnet, and if it takes more than 2 seconds to reply, it logs it. This is the output of a 12h run. As you can see, the longer (~30 secs) timeouts all occur exactly at 1:11 past every whole 10 minutes. Shorter timeouts also occur, don't know what to make of that, it could be that the system is heavily loaded around those times. date, delay (s) ----------------------- Wed Apr 19 19:41:12 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 19:42:16 2006, 3 Wed Apr 19 19:43:00 2006, 4 Wed Apr 19 19:43:15 2006, 5 Wed Apr 19 19:51:11 2006, 48 Wed Apr 19 19:55:28 2006, 5 Wed Apr 19 20:01:11 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 20:01:45 2006, 3 Wed Apr 19 20:11:11 2006, 43 Wed Apr 19 20:21:11 2006, 48 Wed Apr 19 20:31:11 2006, 34 Wed Apr 19 20:41:11 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 20:51:11 2006, 43 Wed Apr 19 21:01:11 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 21:11:11 2006, 48 Wed Apr 19 21:21:11 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 21:31:11 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 21:41:10 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 21:51:10 2006, 34 Wed Apr 19 22:01:11 2006, 37 Wed Apr 19 22:11:10 2006, 49 Wed Apr 19 22:21:10 2006, 37 Wed Apr 19 22:31:10 2006, 23 Wed Apr 19 22:41:10 2006, 37 Wed Apr 19 22:51:09 2006, 37 Wed Apr 19 23:01:10 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 23:11:10 2006, 34 Wed Apr 19 23:21:09 2006, 29 Wed Apr 19 23:31:09 2006, 23 Wed Apr 19 23:41:09 2006, 34 Wed Apr 19 23:51:10 2006, 20 Wed Apr 19 23:56:17 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 00:01:09 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 00:11:10 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 00:21:09 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 00:31:09 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 00:41:09 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 00:51:09 2006, 37 Thu Apr 20 01:01:08 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 01:11:08 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 01:21:08 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 01:31:09 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 01:41:08 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 01:51:08 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 02:01:08 2006, 51 Thu Apr 20 02:11:07 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 02:21:08 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 02:31:07 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 02:41:07 2006, 37 Thu Apr 20 02:51:08 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 03:01:07 2006, 30 Thu Apr 20 03:11:07 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 03:21:07 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 03:31:07 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 03:41:07 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 03:51:07 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 04:01:07 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 04:03:35 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 04:03:38 2006, 4 Thu Apr 20 04:03:42 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 04:03:45 2006, 7 Thu Apr 20 04:03:52 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 04:03:55 2006, 6 Thu Apr 20 04:11:07 2006, 37 Thu Apr 20 04:21:06 2006, 35 Thu Apr 20 04:31:07 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 04:41:06 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 04:51:07 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 05:01:07 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 05:04:08 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 05:11:07 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 05:21:06 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 05:31:07 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 05:41:06 2006, 23 Thu Apr 20 05:51:06 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 06:01:06 2006, 23 Thu Apr 20 06:11:06 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 06:21:05 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 06:31:05 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 06:41:05 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 06:51:05 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 07:01:05 2006, 37 Thu Apr 20 07:11:05 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 07:21:05 2006, 37 Thu Apr 20 07:31:05 2006, 23 Thu Apr 20 07:41:05 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 07:51:05 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 08:01:04 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 08:04:50 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 08:04:56 2006, 7 Thu Apr 20 08:05:03 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 08:11:05 2006, 37 Thu Apr 20 08:21:04 2006, 34 Thu Apr 20 08:31:05 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 08:41:04 2006, 57 Thu Apr 20 08:51:05 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 09:01:04 2006, 29 Thu Apr 20 09:05:09 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 09:05:21 2006, 3 Thu Apr 20 09:11:04 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 09:21:04 2006, 43 Thu Apr 20 09:31:04 2006, 48 Thu Apr 20 09:36:31 2006, 3