If you feel the problem is DNS, then have you looked up the IP's for the machines you are connecting to and placed them in /etc/hosts? if so, is your machine set to look at /etc/hosts first- then dns? On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:33:05 -0700, Kevin wrote: > When I am away from the office, I use SSH port forwarding to access > applications inside my company. However, I'm noticing on my new laptop > that gnome-2.6 becomes unusable (>2 minute delays to open gedit or > nautilus) when my SSH tunnels are up. No problems when SSH is > shutdown. Feels like a name resolution problem similar to localhost > missing from /etc/hosts. > > Here is how I am evoking SSH w/port forwarding: > > $ ssh -2 -L8080:localhost:80 -L25:smtp.mycompany.com:25 > -L110:pop.myisp.com:110 -L111:pop.mycompany.com:110 me@ssh.mycompany.com > > Explanation of ports: > 8080: i proxy localhost:8080 to reach internal websites > 25: forward my outbound mail to company's smtp gateway > 110: localhost:110 pulls mail from my personal isp mailbox > 111: localhost:111 pulls mail from my company's mailbox > > I configure my web browsers to use proxy localhost:8080. I configure my > mail client (Evolution) to pull mail from localhost:110 and > localhost:111. > > This all works fine, but while SSH is up gnome apps are painfully slow. > As soon as I close the SSH session, all the gnome apps I tried to start > suddenly pop up. Hmmm. Am I forwarding a port that gnome is trying to > use? > > ...Kevin > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss