Terrible performance on D820 laptop if the network cable is unplugged

[damian]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/17/2008 06:42 AM, damian wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks for the reply. Here's what I get:
>>
>> damian at D820:~$ cat /etc/hosts
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>> 127.0.1.1 D820.MAGIC
>>
>> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
>> ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
>> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
>> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
>> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
>> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
>> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>> damian at D820:~$
>>
>> Does that help in any way to figure out what's going on?
>>
>> Damian
>>
>>     
>
> Yes. Modify (from a terminal use: gksu gedit /etc/hosts) to:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost D820.MAGIC
> 127.0.1.1 D820
>   
That worked a treat, thanks.

All of my Ubuntu machines were set up the same for some reason. I wonder 
why? It didn't seem to matter with the other two as they were never used 
without the network cable plugged in.

Damian