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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:11:49 -0500
From: John Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu>
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michael dorin wrote:
> 
> I have a network of 2 sun workstations, one linux box, two window's
> boxes, and one Freebsd box.
> 
> When I try and telnet between the systems it takes forever, but
> the session always comes up.  Whats going on?  What can I do
> to make it faster?
> 
> -Mike

Hmm. How long does ping take? What about telneting
to the daytime port:

telnet host daytime

if ping takes a while, then there is something
fishy going on. Same goes for daytime. If it's
just telnet, then it is possible that inetd
is taking a while to spawn a process, and
the initial connection packets are getting lost
and retried.

If it's only for inetd services, then you don't
have much of a problem. You can find stronger
telnet servers if you need lots of telnets,
for example, a shell machine for an ISP. 

If it's not restricted to telnet, then you'll
need to tell us more about your network.

-John