Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:11:49 -0500 From: John Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> To: michael dorin <mike@chaski.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why is telnet so slow.... Message-ID: <34D1EDB5.95EB8212@pitt.edu> References: <199801300818.IAA13219@chaski.com>
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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
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