[KLUG Members] slow telnet

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>what would be causing telnet to take close to three minuets before
>showing a login prompt?  once it gives the prompt though there is no 
>lag in the commands and displays.

DNS timeouts.

You need to make sure that reverse lookups are working.  Do an "nslookup {PC's
IP address}" on the Linux box and see what happens.  When you connect the Linux
box wants to record your host name in a log file.

Systems and Network Administrator
Morrison Industries
1825 Monroe Ave NW.
Grand Rapids, MI. 49505