"Scott cox" <sadcox66@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am running PostgreSQL 8.0 on WinXP > When I try to connect > psql.exe" -h localhost -p 5432 template1 "postgres" > I have to wait > 30 seconds before the Password: Prompt arrives > 30 seconds after the password is entered. > Once I am connected access is fast. I figured the problem is Authentication. Actually, I bet the problem is a broken DNS setup, causing psql to spend 30 seconds trying to resolve the hostname "localhost" before it gives up and resorts to a different way of resolving the hostname. Check your DNS configuration --- for instance, are you pointing to a name server that actually works? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly