Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:30:24 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Scott Stoddard <sstoddar@gblx.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delay bringing up telnet window Message-ID: <3B20EF90.E32A51AB@centtech.com> References: <000a01c0f02f$0eeb3a80$671bd240@phx.api.gblx.net>
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It's the remote side's reverse lookup that's causing it. When you connect, it trys to do a reverse lookup on your IP, and times out. In some cases with FreeBSD 4.2 and OpenSSH, you need to apply a patch (came out several months ago), that seems to fix a similar problem. Eric Anderson Scott Stoddard wrote: > > 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology (512) 418-5792 For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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