> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:46:47 -0700 (PDT) > From: Bsd Neophyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > this happens intermittantly. > > i don't know why, but when i connect to my FreeBSD box using putty, there > is an extremely long pause for the following: > > 1. the login prompt to come up > 2. the password prompt to come up after i type in the username > 3. the connection to be established after i enter the password > > can anyone let me know how i can aleviate this pause problem?
It's almost certainly a DNS problem. Make sure that both forward and reverse DNS is working for the names/addresses of both systems. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
