Re: Local Net - delays in telnet login
On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 07:22:59PM +0300, Amir Tal wrote:
> On Sunday 25 August 2002 19:07, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> reverse DNS people.
> the host machine does not know who is calling, and it takes time to verify.
> add the calling machine to /etc/hosts of the hosting machine, and your
> problems will go away ;)
>
> tal.
>
I think I have reverse DNS set up. And I still have the problem. Until I
stop diald. When I have diald stopped, the problem goes away. But that is
not a solution, only a diagnostic. What gets fixed when I stop diald? I
wish I knew.
paul.
>
> > On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 11:01:42AM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> > > I have build a new machine (Athlon XP1700, 2GB memory) and have
> > > connected it to my old P-133 box with ethernet. I have assigned the
> > > new box the address 192.168.0.1 and the old one 192.168.0.2. I can
> > > ping either machine from the other with 0.1 ms average round trip
> > > time.
> > >
> > > When I telnet from one box to the other, there is a 55-60 sec wait
> > > until
> > > Trying 192.168.0.2...
> > > Connected to bobspc.estar.net.
> > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > is displayed. There is another 55-60 sec delay until
> > > Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 bobspc
> > > bobspc login:
> > > appears. After I login, there is no noticeable delay in executing
> > > commands.
> > >
> > > What can be the cause of this delay, and how can I prevent it? Both
> > > machines are running up to date woody, and have identical
> > > installations, except that the kernel on the new box has been compiled
> > > for the K7 processor. /usr/bin/telnet is linked to
> > > /usr/bin/telnet.netkit, from telnet 0.17-18.
> >
> > Are you using ppp to connect to the internet? and are you using diald to
> > start ppp? If so, try an experiment: turn off diald by running as root:
> > /etc/init.d/diald stop
> > With diald stopped, is there still a delay? If not you are probably
> > experiencing the same problem that I am experiencing. I don't know the
> > solution, but if we keep in touch ...
> >
> >
> > Paul
>
> --
> =======================================
> Amir Tal
> Owner, Founder
> Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal
> Voice: +972-8-9363164
> Cell: +972-58-978979
> ICQ: 15748705
> Email: tal@whatsup.org.il
> URL: http://www.whatsup.org.il
> ======================================
>
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@quiknet.com
Reply to: