Comment 23 for bug 94048

Using default /etc/hosts:

conn@inspiron:~$ ping $(hostname)
PING inspiron (127.0.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from inspiron (127.0.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
64 bytes from inspiron (127.0.1.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms

Using modified /etc/hosts:

conn@inspiron:~$ ping $(hostname)
PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms

If you mean to ping while applications are "slowing down", I'll try, but as I said it's quite erratic and difficult to reproduce.

Thanks,
Conn