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> References: <a9f4a3860602271746u435a7c9eq45eee3ddd3b3fa87@mail.gmail.com> <440434E5.5050701@dial.pipex.com> <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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