Very Computer

Hi, I am having problem  telneting or ftping to a Linux server.  It takes
almost 1 min before it stablished connection!!

Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this?

Thanks

HTH

Bill

--
William R. Mattil       | Fred Astaire wasn't so great.

(972) 256-3219          | and... in high heels.

I don't have a fix, but I am experiencing the same problem.  When trying to
telnet to my Linux box it takes 30 secs to a minute; however, if i use the
Linux box to telnet itself, or another destination, it works just fine.

This problem  is somethime caused when you do not have the ipaddresses and
host names of the machine attempting to telnet of ftp to your linux box
listed in /etc/hosts on the linux box. Alternatively your can setup a local
DNS to resolve the names of these machines, and ensure that the reverse
lookup is operational.

The problem is caused because the telnet and ftp daemons are attempting to
resolve the ip address of the calling machine to a host name for entries
they ( the daemons) generate in system log files. The time lag is due to the
reverse name resolution not being successful ( there is no way to reverse
resolve the named) and the telnet and ftp daemons waiting until the attempt
to reverse resolve the names times out.

The same problems will be experienced attempting to retreive mail with pop3
or send mail with sendmail in these senarios.

Linux User and Proud of It.