[Beds] Tonights meeting

[Darren Parkinson]

Hi Lee,
 I think that Alan's suggestion makes sense and is the most likely cause... 
Did you use ssh -v -v -v ... to identify where it was hanging? Perhaps the 
alternative is to set up your own dns server maybe and stick that in 
/etc/resolv.conf.
 I also found the following article which indicates that there could be an 
issue with PAM too, although I don't know if your symptoms are the same...
 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-February/037661.html

And finally it seems that someone on a Mac had similar trouble with their 
ssh client and fixed it by recompiling etc... (and he's not the only one, 
but with varying issues... -- see links below)
 Recompile: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050329185832952
Search Domains : 
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050608020340547
Failed domain server : 
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?13@646.0Phxaxq621l.3@.68ae7b0c/25
Client problem, CheckHostIP directive : 
http://www.livejournal.com/community/macosx/3931641.html
  Hope that helps... Let us know which was the culprit when you find it...
 Speak soon,
Darren.
  On 9/8/05, Lee Larcombe <lee at larcombe.uk-internet.org.uk> wrote: 
> 
> Hi
> 
> Unfortunately I can't make it tonight. If anyone turns up, perhaps you 
> could
> come up with an answer to my question:
> 
> I have got two machines networked together via a switch. One is a MacOS
> 700Mhz G3 iBook with a 100mbps network card, the other a dual PIII 700Mhz
> ubuntu running desktop with a 10mbps network card.
> 
> The ip addresses are 192.168.55.1 <http://192.168.55.1> (iBook) and 
> 192.168.55.2 <http://192.168.55.2> (desktop). The
> subnet is 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>. The switch is part of a 
> firewall device which has
> the internal ip 192.168.55.50 <http://192.168.55.50> and acts as a gateway 
> to another LAN with the
> external ip 138.250.128.125 <http://138.250.128.125> - subnet 
> 255.255.224.0 <http://255.255.224.0>. DNS services are
> provided on that LAN from 138.250.128.201 <http://138.250.128.201> and 
> 138.250.128.202 <http://138.250.128.202>.
> 
> With this setup, internet access via the firewall/gateway and the external
> LAN is fine from either machine.
> 
> When I tried to ssh or ftp from the iBook to the desktop using the ip
> address of the desktop, the connection was very slow to establish (30secs 
> +)
> 
> Accessing webpages on the iBook served by apache on the Ubuntu machine was
> fine.
> 
> The problem was resolved when I added entries for the machines in the
> /etc/hosts files, with names clarke (192.168.55.2 <http://192.168.55.2>) 
> and darwin
> (192.168.55.1 <http://192.168.55.1>).
> 
> I can now ftp or ssh using the machine names : ftp clarke or ssh clarke, 
> and
> the connection is quick as you would expect.
> 
> Why was the hosts entry required for this?
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> 
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