Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:00:40 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Todd Reed <ex279@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow to open Telnet Connection Message-ID: <20011201100040.B4916@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <F192PPf3L9BGTuAyHsj0000f433@hotmail.com>; from ex279@hotmail.com on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:52:01AM -0600 References: <F192PPf3L9BGTuAyHsj0000f433@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:52:01AM -0600, Todd Reed wrote:
> When I try to telnet into my BSD box from a PC with a hub between the two,
> why is it taking anywhere from 30seconds to 1 minute for the login screen to
> appear? Once it appears and I log in, it's fast like it should be, but it
> just takes forever to connect? This is a new box with FreeBSD 4.3, Apache,
> MySQL, PHP, Popd, and Phpnuke installed. That's it. One HDD, nothing
> fancy.
The telnetd on the BSD is trying to do a reverse-DNS lookup on your PC
box. When the lookup times out after 1 minute, it then continues. To
fix.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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