authentiaction slowness question

[Douglas E. Engert]

Doug Levy wrote:
> I'm running the Leash client Version 2.6.3.20040525 to authenticate to 
> Kerberos 5.  The authentication process runs very quickly both from work 
> and anywhere I travel (laptop, hotels, wireless, wired, etc.).  However, 
> whenever I authenticate from home via my ISP cable modem, it takes 
> literally 2 minutes or more before the authentication completes.  Any 
> suggestions about what could cause this and/or what to tell my ISP to help 
> them troubleshoot it?


Could be UDP vs TCP. You could add to the krb5.ini [libdefaults]
udp_preference_limit = 1  This will always use TCP to the KDC.


Try an ethereal trace to see what and when packets are being sent, lost
and received.


> 
> Thanks much.  Doug.
> 
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