Slow response to SSH from within network?

Wed Jul 27 14:04:14 UTC 2005

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:30:22AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

>I think by default ssh tries to do a dns/hosts lookup of the machine
>connecting.  If you don't have a hosts file listing all your machines
>and their ips, or dns setup for your local network, expect a short delay
>while the lookup is attempted.

Ahah!  Once I identified each machine in their respective /etc/hosts
file the delay dropped to nearly nothing.  Instead of waiting ten
seconds I had ssh sessions five layers deep between the two machines in
the time span of time.  Neat! (and silly)

Once again TLUG comes to the rescue.  Thanks to all.
-- 

yours,

William

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