On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:42:16 -0700 (PDT) George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Chris-- There's an ftp on my system, and I can connect with "ftp >> debian.org" or "ftp sunsite.unc.edu" or other sites as well, but >entering >> "ftp netscape.com" results in "Connection refused", while "ftp >> ftp3.netscape.com" gets "hostname lookup failure." Thanks. -- Max > >You probably do not have reverse DNS configured properly. Many sites >will not allow you to connect if the in-addr.arpa PTR record is not in place for your system. > >Can you connect to ftp.uu.net ??? **[No sir. Entering "ftp uu.net" gives me "No address associated with name."]** > >If not, what IP address are you using? **[ I don't know. My own IP is dynamically assigned at connection. My localhost is 127.0.0.1, and my DNS is 206.40.134.33 (primary) and 206.40.134.34 (secondary)]**
Try using an external nameserver **[what's that?]** >and doing an nslookup of that IP address, if it does not return a >hostname, that is probably your problem. > **["nslookup uu.net" gives me: "Server: ns1.premier1.net". "Address: 206.40.134.33" "ns1.premier1.net cannot find uu.net. Non-existent host/domain"]** **["nslookup netscape.com" gives: "Non-authoritive answer" "Name: Netscape.com" "Address: 207.200.75.200" ]** But it still refuses connection. How come some sites require reverse lookup and others don't? Thanks. -- Max ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.