Pls try telnet to 192.168.0.1 from another client.
If the login prompt takes long to appear in telnet, it should be DNS
If resolv.conf is renamed to something else, telnetting would become fast.
If such is the case, DNS has to configured.
Uk
----- Original Message -----
From: Bharat Ale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 23:03
Subject: [LIH] Setting up Linux server for 1st time
> Hi,
>
> I have a 16 windows 95 clients. Currently running Wingate. Wingate server
> 192.168.0.1. Clients have 192.168.0.x static IP address. Peer to peer
> network. Wasn't set-up by. The management is currently skeptical about my
> Linux project so I don't want to change anything on the client side and
> Wingate side so that it continues to boot and operate in Wingate
environment
> until I finish up configuring Linux and showing it off.
>
> My plan : enable SAMBA, web server, internal email, internet email, proxy
> server, internet connection sharing, demand dialling by tommorow.
>
> Started today. Installed RHL 6.0 from Chip CD. NIC is Realtek 8139. Gave
the
> Linux server 192.168.0.1 so I don't have to fiddle with the client
settings.
> Configured SAMBA, working fine. Apache web server working fine. Now I
wanted
> internal email. Enabled POP3 and SMTP in inetd. In clients they were
already
> set to use 192.168.0.1 as POP3 and SMTP server at port 110 and 25 so no
> change required. Opened user accounts in Linux. But send/receive from
client
> takes a lot of time. Sometimes it times out at 'connecting to 192.168.01'
> and sometimes at 'Authrizing' and sometimes mails are sent/received after
> taking a lot of time.
>
> Haven't done any DNS setup till now. Is the trouble due to DNS server not
> set ?
>
> Any help is very much appreciated. I am hoping to finish off internal /
> internet email and internet connection sharing / proxy by tommorow.
>
> TIA
>
> Bharat
>
>
>
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