Make sure you have an entry in the server's /etc/hosts file for the
machine you're telnetting in from.

(i.e., if you're running telnet from "192.168.0.2" to log in to
"192.168.0.1", put "192.168.0.2 SomeComputerNameHere" in /etc/hosts of
"192.168.0.1".)

-- Asheesh.

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, mail wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When trying to telnet into my gateway box, I get :
>
> Trying 192.168.0.1...
> Connected to lin1.mynet.hom.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
>
> Where it hangs for a few mins before giving me a login prompt.
>
> Now .... I know this is a mandrake list, however the server is running
> Redhat, though the only reason I am posting this is that I am hoping someone
> out there knows a workaround.
>
> TIA
>
> Ali
>
>

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A:      Big Mac, fries and a Coke, please!


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