Ryan Bowman wrote: > We'll have to try this. > > Thanks for your help and advice. Hopefully we'll get more time to > look into this.
Here's one more thing to look at: DNS lookups. I've been bitten by this before. Linux may be hitting the name servers more often than Windows, and perhaps the delay occurs while you're waiting for a response. So do whatever you can to eliminate possible delays caused by name service lookups. Put all of the host names in /etc/hosts, tweak /etc/resolv.conf to point to a DNS cache, and as a last resort, connect by IP address rather than by name. Sometimes name lookups even occur at times you don't expect, like when opening an X11 window. Use the tcpdump utility, or verbose logging on the DNS cache service, to find out what names are being looked up. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
