Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:21:43 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "Bsd Newbie" <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: loooooong connection time when ssh-ing into freebsd box Message-ID: <047f01c13776$384eee10$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <20010907081840.23306.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com>
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> I have an odd problem... > > Sometimes when I ssh into my freebsd box it connects immediately... on > other occasions (like now) it takes ages... and then times out. > > There is no traffic on my network... anyone have any ideas as to what's > causing this delay? oooh, everyone has this problem at some point....trying to remember exactly what causes it though. I think you need to make sure that if your connecting from your internal network, and the machine you are connecting from's IP address is not in the DNS system, then you need to have an entry in the hosts file (/etc/hosts) with the computers IP address and a hostname. I think.... Mark -- Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer Digital Spy Ltd http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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