[9fans] terminal + router + cable internet

[john@csplan9.rit.edu]

I've got a PIII machine installed as a disk-bearing
terminal, but I want to have it grab root over the
Internet. It is behind a router, which is connected
to the cable modem. If I choose tcp at the "root from"
prompt, type in fs IP, auth IP, and username, I'll
eventually get prompted once again for username and
then password; the terminal then boots pretty normally
and works great. However, the time between when I type
fs and auth IPs and the time I type the username and
password is extremely long; I'd estimate something like
5 minutes or so. The same thing happened to me when
I was using a vmware terminal from Hawaii, but
I just chalked that up to the long distance and the
virtual machine.

Are any of you booting real terminals from behind
a router? At the moment, I don't have any ports
forwarded, and the terminal gets its IP through
DHCP. Should I set it up with a static IP and forward
some ports? Which ports would I need?

Thanks


John