On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Jim Michael wrote: > I have a Win95 box networked to my Linux (Debian 1.2) box. The latter was > booted while an ftp and telnet session were active (back when I had to rm > my XF86Config file to kill the flashing screen). Now, when I telnet or > ftp to the Linux box from the Win95 box, I get a connection but there are > several minutes before I get a login prompt. w shows a load ca .3. Any > idea what might cause this and possible cure. I have rebooted both machines.
The fact that you eventually get a login prompt is a good start. I had about the same delay on my first linux box with all services telnet, ftp, http from a win box. It turned out that I had the IP of the linux box as it's gateway also. I set gateway to none, rebooted and it worked fine. Use ifconfig to see the current values and change them. Other notes on win TCP/IP ------------------------- You don't need a hosts file on the win box for testing - just use the IP address. You don't need an entry in /etc/hosts on the linux box for the win box IP unless you get a connection refused message. This can be caused by services which use 'get host by name'. If you get this, check in /var/log (I forget which file) to get the machine name the win box is reporting itself as and fix /etc/hosts to reflect this. I remember that uncommenting only one of these 2 lines in /etc/hosts will fix the connection refused message if you get it. #192.168.1.2 w95sux.my.net #192.168.1.2 w95sux +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Paul Wade Greenbush Technologies Corporation + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.greenbush.com/ + +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + http://www.greenbush.com/cds.html Special Linux CD offer + +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .