[slime-devel] long delay starting up slime on a computer off-line

When my computer is connected to the internet, M-x slime will get me a slime repl buffer immediately. However, if my computer is not connected to the internet, it takes much longer to get a slime repl buffer. There is a long wait while the mini buffer displaying "Connecting to Swank on port 35948...", after which there is another long wait while the mini buffer displaying "initial handshake...". The first delay is due to a call to OPEN-NETWORK-STREAM in SLIME-NET-CONNECT. Not sure about the 2nd delay, which is probably on the CL side. Is it possible to get rid of this long delay when starting up Slime on a computer off-line?

Best,

-cph