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Date:      Fri, 13 May 2005 10:32:52 +0200
From:      peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Big delay between login as: and Password:
Message-ID:  <86vf5nh6ff.fsf@amidala.datadok.no>
In-Reply-To: <20050512213003.5E5B14BEAF@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> (Fafa Hafiz Krantz's message of "Thu, 12 May 2005 16:30:03 -0500")
References:  <20050512213003.5E5B14BEAF@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>

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"Fafa Hafiz Krantz" <fteg@london.com> writes:

> I'm experiencing a rather unusual delay in between login as:
> and Password: when I SSH in via PuTTY -- it lasts for about 1
> minute, maybe a bit more. How can this be?

Sounds like your name resolution isn't quite what it should be.  Delays
like these are common when either your reverse lookup isn't correct or
the name servers your domain/IP range are unavailable or slow in
answering.

-- 
Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team
http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ http://www.nuug.no/
"First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales"



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