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- From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
- Subject: Re: Domain/OS Networking Question - long time to "cd"
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.190422.1606@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
- References: <1992Nov9.185147.3560@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:04:22 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1992Nov9.185147.3560@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> edsverk@ed4000-2.lerc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Lee Atchinson) writes:
- >I have several apollos in a TCP/IP network. There are lots
- >of other machines (PC's, DEC's, etc) on the same network,
- >but I don't think that matters. I am currently experiencing
- >"excessively long" delays in cd'ing to another machine's
- >root directory. For example:
- >
- > cd //machine
- >
- >takes approximately one (1) minute, while
- >
- > cd //machine/etc
- >
- >takes less than a second (it's there very soon after I hit return).
-
- If these systems are not on the same physical Ethernet cable, which
- you imply when you mention 'rtsvc', you should be running 'ns_helper'
- in each cable segment - this keeps track of remote nodes and their
- network addresses (I generally run it on the gateway systems as a bare
- minimum, since they see both networks, and can respond to both
- networks).
-
- Our systems displayed this sluggishness until we got ns_helper running
- properly, and some commands would be slow, others quite snappy.
- --
- What are the chances that any HP computer system will ever "work" properly?
- ... and Slim just left town. -*- Mike Peterson, SysAdmin, U/Toronto Chemistry
-