Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-29 Thread Mick
On Thursday 29 November 2007, Billy Holmes wrote: Mick wrote: I just ran some quick tcptraceroute tests and can see that my random port number has the same or less latency than port 80, or port 22 connections . . . try two things: 1) put your sshd on port 443 if you can. see if you can

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-28 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Dale wrote: Billy Holmes wrote: that's what the REMOTE machine will do after you connect to it, but before you get a prompt. This can (normally) be configured on an application basis to not do it. OK. I read most of it, what I could get a grip on anyway.

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Vladimir Rusinov wrote: On 11/27/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you come across such a problem before? How can I troubleshoot it? In this day and age of broadband connections it seems strange to get worse performance than on a dialup network . . . I

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-28 Thread Dale
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Dale wrote: Billy Holmes wrote: that's what the REMOTE machine will do after you connect to it, but before you get a prompt. This can (normally) be configured on an application basis to not do it. OK. I read most of it,

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-28 Thread Dan Farrell
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:57:25 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just ran some quick tcptraceroute tests and can see that my random port number has the same or less latency than port 80, or port 22 connections . . . DNS Servers over loaded, on one side of the transaction or the other? --

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-28 Thread Billy Holmes
Mick wrote: I just ran some quick tcptraceroute tests and can see that my random port number has the same or less latency than port 80, or port 22 connections . . . try two things: 1) put your sshd on port 443 if you can. see if you can connect with no latency. or 2) perform this as

[gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Mick
Hi All, I have noticed this problem when I try to connect to two different machines in two different continents. One is on cable (US) the other on ISDN ADSL (Greece). In the evening and sometimes weekends ssh connections from my laptop to these two PCs are either taking ages or time out.

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Joost Roeleveld
Hi All, I have noticed this problem when I try to connect to two different machines in two different continents. One is on cable (US) the other on ISDN ADSL (Greece). In the evening and sometimes weekends ssh connections from my laptop to these two PCs are either taking ages or time out.

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Dale
Christopher Copeland wrote: On 27 Nov 2007, at 10:19, Mick wrote: Hi All, I have noticed this problem when I try to connect to two different machines in two different continents. One is on cable (US) the other on ISDN ADSL (Greece). In the evening and sometimes weekends ssh connections

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Christopher Copeland
On 27 Nov 2007, at 10:19, Mick wrote: Hi All, I have noticed this problem when I try to connect to two different machines in two different continents. One is on cable (US) the other on ISDN ADSL (Greece). In the evening and sometimes weekends ssh connections from my laptop to these two

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Joost Roeleveld
Christopher Copeland wrote: On 27 Nov 2007, at 10:19, Mick wrote: Hi All, I have noticed this problem when I try to connect to two different machines in two different continents. One is on cable (US) the other on ISDN ADSL (Greece). In the evening and sometimes weekends ssh connections

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Chris Frederick
Dale wrote: snipped I also ran into something like this on a local network. I corrected this by adding the remote systems to my hosts file and putting the entry in the host file on the remote system. I'm not sure what affect this had but it worked like a charm after that. I guess it lets

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Mick
Thank you all for your replies, On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Chris Frederick wrote: Dale wrote: I also ran into something like this on a local network. I corrected this by adding the remote systems to my hosts file and putting the entry in the host file on the remote system. [ship...]

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: Thank you all for your replies, On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Chris Frederick wrote: Dale wrote: I also ran into something like this on a local network. I corrected this by adding the remote systems to my hosts file and putting the entry in the host file on the

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add to this, I was using the IP address too and it was very slow. This was also on a local network. After adding the lines to my host files, it was fast no matter whether I used the name or the IP address. I still

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Dale
Dan Farrell wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add to this, I was using the IP address too and it was very slow. This was also on a local network. After adding the lines to my host files, it was fast no matter whether I used the name or the

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Mark Shields
On Nov 27, 2007 4:19 PM, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Farrell wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to add to this, I was using the IP address too and it was very slow. This was also on a local network. After adding the

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Dale
Mark Shields wrote: On Nov 27, 2007 4:19 PM, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Farrell wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct. It has that exact line in the

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Billy Holmes
Dale wrote: didn't even name the systems since all I used them for was to run folding. After I named them and put the entries in the hosts file, it worked fine even when ssh'ing in with the IP number. Before that, it took forever to login. google: reverse lookup dns wikipedia click on the

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh connections time out

2007-11-27 Thread Dale
Billy Holmes wrote: Dale wrote: didn't even name the systems since all I used them for was to run folding. After I named them and put the entries in the hosts file, it worked fine even when ssh'ing in with the IP number. Before that, it took forever to login. google: reverse