On October 31, 2002 10:12 pm, Jacob Rhoden wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:58, joe wrote:
> > There is a significant delay before ssh connects and returns a
> > prompt. I am on a private network, attempting a 192.168.0.XXX
> > 192.168.0.YYY connection. There is a distinct 1:15 min delay
> > before the password prompt appears. I have included the log of a
> > specific session.
>
> Summary of last thread: If your dns isnt setup properly then there
> will be a delay in connecting to the server. The reason for this is,
> the remote server is attempting to resolve the local machines ip
> address. If setup properly, it will resolve straight away. If dns is
> not setup properly, it tries and gives up (after about approximately
> 1:15 minutes I would suspect).
>
> You need to check the remote machine can resolve your local ip
> address. To test this on your remove machine type:
>
> nslookup 192.168.local.machine.ip.address
Sorry, I should have mentioned these two machines are behind a firewall
and use private ip addresses. The hosts files identify each other
properly. Even if I attempt a connection using the ip address I
observe the same problem. Do you still think this is a DNS issue? I'm
not sure how it would be.
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