Re: slow ethernet connection.

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From: rjk
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:00

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Geoff Blake <geoff@palaemon.demon.co.uk> writes:

> I have a few Linux boxes, in the main running RH4.2 and are
> generally quite similar. One machine is _extremely_ slow in
> connecting via ethernet. When pinged, it responds in around
> 1.5mS(ish) but when telnet'ing, the connection is instant, but the
> login prompt can take 30-60 seconds to appear. Similar time delays
> apply to ftp and http conections. Once the connection is made,
> response is pretty well normal (as far as I can tell). Console
> logins are normal.

Check that the target machines's resolver is configured correctly and
is working, and that there are forward and reverse DNS entries for the
host you are connecting from.

> The machine concerned uses a SiS chipset and P75/30MB (the other 2MB
[..]

Were I a betting man I'd put a tenner on this not being a hardware
problem.

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Date: 1998/03/30
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