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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:24:05 -0700
From:      "Scott Stoddard" <sstoddar@gblx.net>
To:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Delay bringing up telnet window
Message-ID:  <000a01c0f02f$0eeb3a80$671bd240@phx.api.gblx.net>
In-Reply-To: <bulk.36118.20010607203440@hub.freebsd.org>

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	I have this exact same problem, on free bsd and other linux distributions I
have run (redhat, slackware). It drives me nuts... I have had many people
say it is due to dns but I am ssh'ing by IP (same problem by telnet) I am
using a Petium 120... the wait is like 30-45 seconds before I get a login
promp! Once logged in the rest of the seesion runs great...

--Scott

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember.
I do and I understand." -Confucius



Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:56:08 -0700
From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
Subject: RE: Delay bringing up telnet window

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@iowna.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:59 AM
> To: Steve Leibel
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Delay bringing up telnet window
>
>
> Steve Leibel wrote:
> >
> > I've got this weird problem, maybe somebody can help.
> >
> > I run FreeBSD on a Pentium-133 on a local network along with my Mac.
> > When I run my Mac telnet client and request a session on the FreeBSD
> > box, the window comes up right away but there is usually a 20 or 30
> > second delay before I get a login prompt.
> >
> > In the past I've seen the problem where AFTER I enter my userid and
> > password there is a long delay.  But that's generally
> caused by a DNS
> > problem.  That's not the problem I'm having.
> >
> > In my case, the login prompt itself takes a long time to come up.
>
> Interesting ... because any time I've seen the aforementioned DNS
> problem, it's occurred before the login prompt.

Bill -

You are correct.  DNS only comes into play when you connect via a
hostname and the hostname needs to be resolved to an IP address.  Once
the login prompt is reached, this step has been completed.

Steve -

Try to connect using the IP address instead of the hostname.  If there's
no delay using the IP address, then you have a DNS issue.  If there is a
delay, then it's something else, possibly a routing problem.

Good luck,

Drew

> Can you do a reverse lookup on the machine you're logging in from? For
> example, if you login in from 192.168.0.7, once you're logged in, try
> "nslookup 192.168.0.7" and see if you get a timeout.
>
> -Bill
>



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