telnet in the inetd.conf file

[Peter Gillis]

HI, we are running a D390; ux11.00. Have just been reading thru forum q&a's. We have problems occurring with slow response times for some people when connecting via telnet. I have checked the kernel parms - npty (300), nstrpty (300), nstrtel(200). Telnet statement in /etc/inetd.conf file is:
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd telnetd.
What would placing '-TCP_DELAY' at the end of the telnet statement in inet.conf file do?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts..
Maria.

[Patrick Wallek]

First thing to check is your DNS or hostname resolution.

Telnet slowness is usually due to not being able to correctly resolve hostnames and ip addresses for the machines doing the telnet'ing.

Mkae sure you D box know the IP's of all the PC's that are telnet'ing to it.

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

Hi Maria,

How is your DNS lookup done? If it is done first to DNS instead of files, this coule cause a problem. In relation to using TCP_DELAY, have a look at this posting.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x8f8c663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html

HTH
Michael

[Peter Gillis]

Hi, DNS lookup is to files first. The tcp-delay info has been of help and is now stored on the 'magic shelf' of possible ways to fix a problem! Thankyou for the info.
Maria