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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:55:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        charlespeters@tecpro.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New FreeBSD 2.2.6 box, telnet problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603005343.22038P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199806030255.WAA22064@ais.ais-gwd.com>

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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Charles A. Peters wrote:

> I have just configured a new FreeBSD 2.2.6 box to be used as an 
> email, web, and ftp server. I currently have this machine connected 
> to my lan for testing purposes (Novell Netware and win95 with 
> tcp/ip).
> 
> I am unable to reliably telnet into this machine from my win95 box.  
> Connections take several seconds to be established, and usually drop 
> after a few minutes.

For the slow connects make sure that you can reverse-resolve the client's
IP address.

For the drops, I don't know, run a tcpdump on the session and see if the
packets are coming through okay.  Also try disabling tcp extensions in
/etc/rc.conf if you have a router between the client and server.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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