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Date:      Tue, 24 May 2005 23:16:45 -0400
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Matt Smith <ratman6@charter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SSHD timeout
Message-ID:  <F3C5BD3B-0AD2-4313-8C45-CB2F2101B8A7@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <000001c560d3$545e4f80$0401a8c0@laptop>
References:  <000001c560d3$545e4f80$0401a8c0@laptop>

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On May 24, 2005, at 10:42 PM, Matt Smith wrote:
> I have a friend that has 5.4 where SSHD keeps timing out before
> authentification.  Box has a hardwired 3com NIC.  We’ve tried  
> everything
> but can't find the cause of the timeouts.  What gives?

Try "ping _machine_" and see whether that works.
Run "ssh -vvv _machine_" and it will give more information.
If you experience a two-minute delay your reverse DNS is probably  
broken.

-- 
-Chuck

PS: God kills a kitten every time someone top-posts while quoting an  
entire daily digest of 30+ archived messages.  If you don't care  
about saving the kittens, at least consider saving bandwidth...




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