gethostbyaddr too slow

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I use the following code, results are correct.
I am working on LAN with just 3 machines.
Also that network is not connected to the internet.
It takes 16 secs for only this line

HostEnt := gethostbyaddr(@SockAddrIn.sin_addr.S_addr, 4, AF_INET);

GetHostByName(PChar(HostName)); is instant (delphitricks.com/source-code/internet/…)

function IPAddrToName(IPAddr: string): string;  
var   
  SockAddrIn: TSockAddrIn;   
  HostEnt: PHostEnt;   
  WSAData: TWSAData;   
begin   
  WSAStartup($101, WSAData);   
  SockAddrIn.sin_addr.s_addr := inet_addr(PChar(IPAddr));   
  HostEnt := gethostbyaddr(@SockAddrIn.sin_addr.S_addr, 4, AF_INET);   
  if HostEnt <> nil then   
    Result := StrPas(Hostent^.h_name)   
  else   
    Result := '';   
end;

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3446879/gethostbyaddr-too-slow

Result of ipcofig /all (from machine running gethostbyaddr)

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :YYY
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-XX-XX-XX-xx-XX
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.123
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 202.149.208.90
                                            202.149.208.11

Answer

It could be that you are having two dns servers, and first one is not working so your windows machine waits for timeout from first host (10+secs) and then tries second dns.
Try changing dns to something else, like some public dns service and see if it makes a difference.

Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : Allan Fernandes , Answer Author : damir

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