Strange network problem with my PE1850/RHEL3ES server

[John Baxendale]

> My problem is that since i have changed the firewall of the 
> remote office
> last week, i have a strange problem with the second server :

Possibly something simple like DNS not working and causing a wait until
the request times out? (I'm discounting the slower ping from the server
on the grounds that it has always done that).