On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> This is my third install with Mandrake 6.1 (helios). In each install I have
> noticed problems telneting into the box from an Ethernet connection.
> Everything Ethernet seems fine (other connections work great). My telnet
> clients (teraterm and Windows telnet) hang for up to a minute. If I send
> multiple carriage returns during the hang the Linux box will eventually
> prompt for a login (after discarding the multiple incorrect login attempts
> from the carriage returns). If I don't send carriage returns the client will
> timeout and close. If I use the default Linux telnet client of the
> troublesome machine and telnet to the ip address of the box I have no
> problem.
>
Ahh...sounds like a DNS lookup problem. In your /etc/hosts
(??) file or /etc/hosts.allow do you have the name AND IP
address of all other local machines that you want to telnet
from included?
This is somewhat of a FAQ, I think. I seem to recall
reading this problem a LOT in the past. I'd suggest going
to the web site (www.linux-mandrake.com) and from there,
find the link to the archives and search on this one. I
think that if it DOES eventually work, that the problem is
that the Linux box is trying to do a reverse DNS on the
machines for authentication purposes and is timing out.
John
