Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:10:47 +0900 From: "Koyo Kumagai" <SysAdmin@po.teleway.ne.jp> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Slow response for login prompts Message-ID: <000a01bf3ca5$1f49e4b0$1e0800d3@sysadmins.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991201125420.00b09800@midwest.net>
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Thank you so much!! Actually, I recently installed a leased line into home so I'm using global IPs, but I haven't quite figured out how to setup DNS on my FreeBSD machines, so until I do, I'll survive with the hosts file. No wonder it was taking so long to complete the output when I ran the 'w' command through telnet - that was also trying to resolve my IPs for the 'FROM' section, right? (Hmm.. maybe I shouldn't get too confident... maybe I'm wrong...) Anyway, I'm learning bit by bit, and thanks to all that replied. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jonathan E. Lyons Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:54 AM To: Koyo Kumagai; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow response for login prompts The 3.x machine is trying to resolve the IP address that your telneting from. Since this is your home network, you're probably using the 10.10.10.x or 192.168.1.x address you can edit the /etc/hosts file, and enter something like; 192.168.1.15 testmachine 10.10.0.10 testmachine2 Then edit the file /etc/hosts.conf file change the resovle order from bind then hosts to hosts then bind. This will tell the BSD machine to check the hosts file first, then try and perform a nslookup on the IP address.. 11:24pm@parrothd/etc>more /etc/host.conf # $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $ # Default is to use the nameserver first hosts # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file bind # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line # nis 11:24pm@parrothd/etc> Later At 08:31 PM 12/1/99 +0900, Koyo Kumagai wrote: >Hello people. I've just joined this list. > >Recently, I have started gaining more interest in UNIX than any other OS, >and certainly over the OS I work with everyday. :-) > >I've installed FreeBSD 2.2.8 and 3.2 on two of my home servers, and >especially 3.2 is very very slow coming back with a login prompt when trying >to telnet in... 2.2.8 is better, but it's very random - sometimes it comes >back instantly, and other times it takes just as long as 3.2. Once inside, >things are very smooth. > >For this very reason I get timed out attempts when trying to open xterm >through Exceed as well. > >Can anybody help me out here? Sorry, I'm a complete beginner to UNIX... > > Jonathan E. Lyons parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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