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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!news-dc.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news From: John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Slow login on POP, FTP, and Telnet Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 16:25:24 -0400 Organization: University of the Virgin Islands Lines: 33 Message-ID: <32FB8FB4.446B9B3D@jnet.vi> References: <32f950a8.336626051@news> <5dbljq$bh6$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <32F9F8DA.2CB9@mail.hqs.crc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: backen.uvi.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35128 Dan Benjamin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Hey everyone, I have a system that's just starting out, it > > > only has four current users. It's running 2.1.6-Release on a 486DX33 > > > with 8MB of ram. The logins on POP, FTP, and Telnet are all REALLY > > > slow (most programs time them out). Any idea why this could be? I > > > suspect the CPU, while my fellow "administrators" think it's the ram. > > > Any ideas? Thanks for any help. > > > I not a network expert, but I would stronly agree that the limited amount > > of RAM is slowing down the system. Are you using SCSI or IDE. If it's > > IDE that could also be slowing down the system. > > I must politely disagree. I have been running 2.1.6-R on a 386 with 8MB > memory. Although the logins may be slow, they are not so slow that > anything times out. It manages secondary DNS, main pop mail, acts as > NFS server and client, NIS client, etc. > > Let's hear more about your network - are you running additional > services? How about the nic? > Try running traceroute (preferably in both directions) you may have a routing loop. Are you using SLIP or PPP by any chance? If so, how may hops between comm server and host? -- | John Lucas jlucas@jnet.vi | | Information Technology NIC Handle: JL423 | | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.jnet.vi/jlucas.html |