Whenever I hear about long connection times, the first thing I think of is
a DNS issue...have you checked your forward/reverse lookups for the
affected hosts?

-Lloyd


On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:28:48 -0700
"Gill, Geoffrey L." <GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM> wrote thusly:

> Sorry for asking this on the ADSM list but I know a lot of folks using
> AIX can help me with this. I'm having an FTP and Telnet issue and as far
> as I can tell it is not AIX related.
>
>
>
> I am trying to access 2 of my TSM servers in a fire walled off area. FTP
> and telnet login screens were typically sub second screens but now are
> taking right around 75 seconds when using reflections. Command line ftp
> fails so my jobs are not working. Command line FTP eventually comes up
> and says connected but then it also says the connection is closed by the
> remote host. This happens right at 60 seconds. Reflections FTP takes 75
> seconds but allows me to log in and transfer files. Dos command line
> telnet also takes 75 seconds but works. Reflections Telnet work the same
> way.
>
>
>
> This phenomenon started last week and, as typically happens, I'm told
> it's my problem and nothing network related. Just so I don't go down and
> rip someone's head off when I shouldn't, would some please tell me I'm
> wrong and where to fix this if it actually is on my end? Is it possible
> it is having a hard time trying to find a route or is this a setting on
> my side that can be changed I'm not aware of?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Geoff Gill
>
> TSM Administrator
>
> PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator
>
> SAIC M/S-G1b
>
> (858)826-4062
>
> Email:  <mailto:geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com> geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT 
> com