Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:58:33 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Steve Leibel <stevel@bluetuna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Delay bringing up telnet window Message-ID: <3B1FCED9.FC3C51E7@iowna.com> References: <200106071815.OAA02185@scarlet.my.domain> <v0421010eb7457deed3f9@[66.108.57.34]>
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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. 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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