--- Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> which indicates I need patch PTDFDT3A to beat a loop in inetd, right?

right (just make sure you get the right version if you decide to
patch).

> I wonder why this has never been presented as a problem - we have
lots
> of QCTerm users(telnet).  

because networks are volatile things.  you may think your environment
is stable but it's not.

> And I don't know how to tell if the patch is
> installed (braindead system manager!).  

use the searching tool of your choice to examine hpswinfo.

> which indicates that Steve Cooper recommends turning on checksumming
> for TCP, but doesn't say how to check or set it.  

nmmgr...open config....NETXPORT.GPROT.TCP

> > Questions:
> > 1. Do you see any error messages logged in the $stdlist of JINETD ?
> 
> No, just..."
> Received call for: telnet tcp
> telnet/tcp: Connection from unknown (10.10.5.5) at Wed Feb 15
> 15:01:51 2006
> Received call for: telnet tcp
> telnet/tcp: Connection from unknown (10.10.3.223) at Wed Feb 15
> 15:22:37 2006
> "... etc. 

these are huge clues.  and are directly relate to why you saw such an
improvement when you turned off logging.  the reverse lookup that
logging does is what was killing your performance.

> > 3. What patches are installed?   PTD????   INT????
> 
> I don't know.  does this help?...

for james, yes :-)  for the rest of us, just search hpswinfo :-)

> switching to BS queue (maxpri=100) seems to make no difference
> at all.  

another big clue...again confirms the logging/reverse lookup problem.

you said one machine was good, the other wasn't...what's in each
system's /etc/resolv.conf files?       - d

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