Hi All,
I've read about this problem on the list before, but I cannot find it on the
mailing list, so I'll post it...
I have 2 machines at home: 1 Linux machine and 1 Windows machine.
The Linux machine IP is: 10.0.0.1 and the windows machine is: 10.0.0.2
when I try to ping each other - it
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
Hi All,
I've read about this problem on the list before, but I cannot find it on the
mailing list, so I'll post it...
I have 2 machines at home: 1 Linux machine and 1 Windows machine.
The Linux machine IP is: 10.0.0.1 and the windows machine is: 10.0.0.2
You probably have the reverse dns lookup problem. The Linux machine tries
to reverse lookup the 10.0.0.2 address, but since you are not connected to
the Internet it waits till timeout.
Try to disable reverse lookup.
Dani
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
Hi All,
I've read about this
Your problem is that the linux machine is trying to perform a reverse lookup on the
windows machine, and it takes it about a minute to give up.
If you are connected to the Internet, the DNS is found immediatly, and the machine
gives up immediatly.
In order to solve the proble, either install a
