From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 16 00:16:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA18989 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 00:16:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA18983 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 00:16:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id AAA03461; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 00:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199604160716.AAA03461@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Paul Sondhu cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The time it take to log in when network connection is down In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Apr 1996 17:27:11 -0000." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 00:16:03 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have noticed that when our internet connection is down, it takes a >long time to login into our main internet server. Our server is a >FreeBSD 2.0.5 machine and it handles email, dialup and DNS. After the >password is typed in, the 'You have mail' prompt comes up as usual but >the shell prompt takes a few minutes to appear before you can start using >the shell. What I mean by our internet connection being down is when our >LAN is disconnected from our service provider. > >Its not a problem since it only happens when our connection has >been disconnected which is quite rare. Just out of interest, I'd just >like to know why it happens? tcsh does a DNS query on the hostname and this can take about 2 minutes to timeout if your Internet connection is down. I believe that this has been "fixed" recently in our tcsh port, but I may be mistaken. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project