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From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com>
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Subject: Re: Missing telent login prompt
To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:32:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Brian Tao writes:
> 
> On Sun, 9 Apr 1995, John Capo wrote:
> > 
> > The missing telnet login prompt is timing related.  A usleep(250000)
> > anywhere in the child fixes it, at least for 50 login tests.
> 
>     When I telnet to any of the FreeBSD boxes here, the time it takes
> for the login prompt to show up appears to be more or less random.
> Sometimes it pops up right away, other times it can take up to 6 or 7
> seconds.  Is this the same problem?

No, the prompt fell on the floor.  login is running and waiting
for a user name.  Terry says its a option negotiation problem.

John Capo