Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:35:37 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: internet slowdown Message-ID: <20080618163537.bfdb6dc0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080618130919.39c55de6@gom.home> References: <20080616001840.0d0e8fe9@gom.home> <20080616082332.02b87114.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080617220514.1ebdabef@gom.home> <20080618083654.GB71985@osiris.chen.org.nz> <20080618091609.b987bf37.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080618115609.09acaadb@gom.home> <20080618153149.24ae6b56.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080618130919.39c55de6@gom.home>
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In response to prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com>: > > 5. i don't see why there would be a dns problem since we are sshing > from within our local network which the servers are part of. in fact, > it is slow even when you use the ip address directly. Because the ssh server always does DNS lookups on connecting IPs in order to have hostnames to put in the logs. If DNS is sluggish, unresponsive, or configured poorly, it will cause long delays during login. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.comhelp
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