On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:05:22 +0100, Mike Stradling wrote:
>I've recently installed RH5. When a client telnets or ftps into the
>server it can take upto a couple of minutes for the server to reply with
>a login prompt. The network is operating correctly. I am also
>experiencing the same problem with another RH5 server on another
>network.
>
>Any ideas ???
>
I bet your RH system is doing a domain name lookup. When you log into
a machine via telnet, telnet tries to do a domain name lookup of your
machine. This can take some time, especially if the DNS server is not
available on the network.
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