~30 seconds or so is within reason ...
Thanks!
TJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Luis Oliveira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 17:31
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Telnet and mail problems [7:392]
Should the logon time be so long even if I telnet by numeric address, say
telnet xx.yy.zz.ww ?
Regards
// luis oliveira
> At 04:27 PM 4/12/01 -0400, Luis Oliveira wrote:
>
>> Our machines have fixed IP addresses. We are experimenting a problem when
we
>> try to telnet a Unix machine. It takes forever (almost half a minute).
The
>> same problem with e-mail checking ( 30 seconds to logon on the server).
>> Before we had just two subnets. Now we have more (private networks), and
the
>> mail server is on a public network (DMZ) separated from us by a firewall.
We
>> think that the problem is related with the Ciscos or the implementation
of
>> the VLAN's. The company that implemented our network (which is a sister
>> company of my company) until now as not found a solution to our problem
and
>> the mail users, which is everyone is becoming very upset with all this.
>> Everything else works fine on the network works fine (copying files,
browse
>> the internet, that kind of stuff).
>>
>> Anyone have seen this kind of trouble before ? Can give some advice or
steps
>> to follow to eliminate this ?
>>
>> Sorry for the long post.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> // luis oliveira
>
> Hm. It sounds a lot like DNS issues. Do you have guys pointing to an
> internal DNS server? Does your mail server resolve to an internal IP? If
> you do internal DNS, I can see where you might have "inside has problems",
> "outside is dandy" problems. Can you time the telnetting to the Unix
> box? Are you sure it is not 75 seconds? (If it is, it is almost
> definitely DNS issues). Have you tried doing "ping" floods to those hosts
> just to see what % of packet loss occurs, if any? It could very well be
> other issues, but check your DNS setups to see if anything seems fishy
with
> your internal DNS.
>
> -Carroll Kong
FAQ, list archives, and subscription info:
http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*****************************************************************************
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged.
It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else
is unauthorized.
If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution
or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited
and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice
contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in
the governing KPMG client engagement letter.
*****************************************************************************
Message Posted at:
http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=409&t=392
--------------------------------------------------
FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
