From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 20 18:53: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fedex.is.co.za (fedex.is.co.za [196.4.160.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F46A37B416 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c7-pta-157.dial-up.net (c7-pta-157.dial-up.net [196.26.135.157]) by fedex.is.co.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA38967; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:51:11 +0200 (SAST) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:54:56 +0200 (SAST) From: The Psychotic Viper X-X-Sender: To: Robin Becker Cc: Subject: Re: long delays in sshd connection In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010921035141.R1469-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Robin Becker wrote: > is there any way to find out why my ssh connection is getting slower and > slower. as stated an ssh -v (or more than one?) can help, but > > I have a feeling that it's some kind of DNS query that's slowing me > down. I have a name server upstream through a firewall and normally > don't run a local named. > -- if its a suspected DNS problem firstly I have to ask if its a internal or external IP and wether or not its a valid internet class IP or not (B or C). To avoid using an external DNS server try adding an entry for that host into /etc/hosts (if its static). HTH PsyV To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message