The problem is not the server being up or down. When it is up, I am not able to connect because the server cannot reverse-resolve my hostname.
Connected to ike.egr.msu.edu. 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection ftp> Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu. 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection ftp> These servers both cannot resolve my hostname. I am not alone with this problem, there are many people that use dial-up connections experiencing the same thing. -Matt On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wrote: > > > I am still not able to log into the debian ftp server, seems it cannot > > resolve my hostname. My machine has two dns entries, could that be a > > problem? > > I think the Debian ftp server (ftp.debian.org) is down since I was able to > connect to it a few days ago. Have you tried a mirror like: > > ftp.us.debian.org > > -Ossama > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]