route table problems

[salazar]

hi, i have openbsd 2.9 installed on a p100. it is the server of my local network, and things like httpd, sendmail, etc. my isp (shawcable) requires that i use a dhcp client to get my ip number. recently (as in everything was fine before), a problem has formed, that i traced to my route table. when using a box from inside my lan to get to my ftp server, i get a socket error. as well, when trying to send a mail message, sendmail takes a painfully long time to send the message, but it _does_ get done. recieving email messages is done fine. i also notice that ssh sessions take a very long time to login from local machines.

at this point, when i check the route table:

[ryan@demongate ~]$ route show
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags
default default U
default 24.66.170.1 UG
24.66.170.0 link#1 U
24.66.170.1 0:0:77:94:7f:58 UH
h24-66-170-24.du localhost UGH
localhost localhost UH

<very long pause>

192.168.1.0 link#2 U
192.168.1.1 0:0:e8:c0:f9:5a UH
192.168.1.32 0:aa:0:6b:17:8a UH
192.168.1.33 0:80:c8:2e:3f:fd UH
192.168.1.34 link#2 UH
192.168.1.255 link#2 UH

Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags

<another very long pause>

::1 ::1 UH
fe80::%vr0 link#1 U
fe80::%ne1 link#2 U
fe80::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 U
ff01:: ::1 U
ff02::%vr0 link#1 U
ff02::%ne1 link#2 U
ff02::%lo0 fe80::1%lo0 U

If i do a &quot;route flush&quot; it seems to fix all slowdowns and socket errors, and the route table shows right away. however my internet access goes down the drain and i need to run dhclient again (which in turn screws things up again) or manually

route add default 24.66.170.1

which also screws things up. i've checked the obvious things, the /etc/hosts file, which is fine, the hostname.if files, which are fine.

i've fiddled with the route table and dhclient for over 10 hours straight. anybody have any ideas?

- salazar