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Date:      Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:14:07 +0000
From:      Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
To:        Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SSHD working in a funky fashion
Message-ID:  <4406C56F.1030800@dial.pipex.com>
In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860603011318l177165f0je96a0e7695d1ed35@mail.gmail.com>
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Kurt Buff wrote:

>On 2/28/06, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Kurt Buff wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>sshd: fatal: timeout before authentication from 192.168.11.63
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Can you ssh from one of your other FreeBSD boxes to this box?  If not
>>then try "ssh -v -v -v" which may point you in the right direction.
>>    
>>
>
>Well, today it's working, but it's veeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyy slow to log
>into, from the Windows boxes. From the FreeBSD boxes it's just a bit
>slow to log in.
>
Slow SSH authentication is often down to squiffy DNS resolution.  Does 
the FreeBSD host know the names of the windows boxes?  If you set 
"UseDNS no" in the sshd_config file (don't forget to restart sshd) does 
the login suddenly speed up?  (I don't recommend that as a final 
solution, but if login does speed up then at least we know it's a DNS 
issue).

--Alex




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