Hi:
Check your /etc/resolv.conf.
There must be some unreachable ip in this file.
It takes time to connect to that ip and to be timeout.
Try it.
Good luck.
Xu Lihua
Gaurav Agarwal wrote:
> Hi ,
> I have got a new problem with my red hat 6 linux server ...
> I have setup my server as a dial in server, where people log into and
> establish ppp connection from their windows machine ...
> Now after i have connected, when i type 192.168.5.3 (that's the ip address
> of my server.) on my browser, i get the correct It worked page very quickly.
> though when i use telnet 192.168.5.3 it is taking quite some time (around 5
> mins.) to display the prompt ....
> also when i check my mail with my pop3 client (outlook) it waits at the
> connecting and authorising stage for a same long time.
> ( i removed the # sign before pop3 in /etc/inetd.conf file)
> It used to work very correctly before, but i don't know whats gone wrong.
> The connection speed is quite good, so i suspect that the server is trying
> to resolve the names or something like that . I dont use DNS and i am
> satisfied typing the ip addresses...
>
> Please help.
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Gaurav Agarwal
>
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