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by unethical_ban 2560 days ago
When the network goes down, it can take several minutes for it to come back up. I was having DNS and connectivity issues at a LAN party. Wouldn't get connectivity for minutes after a link bounce.

Then I removed the hosts file, and it worked instantly.

Maybe for a static workstation it wouldn't be bad, but for a laptop or something that loses link frequently, it could be an issue.