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Date:      Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:53:33 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Patrik_=C5str=F6m?= <patrik.astrom@tv3.se>
To:        "'Dan Mahoney Jr.'" <danm@danmahoney.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Telnet Delay?
Message-ID:  <B11AC84AFD40D2118FD700805FA6FE4C4CC925@STK-MAIL>

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The problem could be that the computer you are trying to telnet to isn't
able to resolve your host name and there for the prompt might be delayed
until the resolve bit times out.

//Patrik Astrom

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Mahoney Jr. [SMTP:danm@danmahoney.com]
> Sent:	den 19 januari 1999 11:30
> To:	freebsd_questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Telnet Delay?
> 
> Okay, another question related to ppp-dial-on-demand.
> 
> When I my box opens a connection, I notice that often it "hangs" a bit.
> Like, when telnetting to a foreign system, the modem dials, and connects,
> but the telnet app really doesn't do anything unless I hit enter.  Then
> everything's fine.  This only happens when the dialup connection first
> opens, but it's annoying.  Is somethign misconfigured?
> 
> -Dan Mahoney
> 
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> 
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