I am ~not~ a guru, but here are my two cents -
Nikhil is right. However, a hosts file should anyway have the 192.168. ip
block of your local lan, or if it is external, the lan should have NAT
properly enabled and the server's public ip should (preferably) have valid
rDNS. This helps a ~lot~ in minimizing lookup time.
Suresh Ramasubramanian | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> From: Nick Hill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 10:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [LIH] Re: [TwinCLinG] Re: identd guide
>
> bottomline: the wait before a ftp or telnet session is
> cuz the server is doing a ident lookup on the client
> if the client's ip is not listed in the server's hosts
> file. the wait can be prevented by adding the client's
> IP in the server's hosts file, or by running an identd
> on the client.
>
>
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