Re: telnet and ftp problem

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Jephe Wu wrote:
> 
> I try to telnet/ftp to a Linux server from windows 95 workstation
> on our LAN, but response speed is too slow (almost 2 minutes are
> needed).  Why?  Who can explain this ?

Your reverse DNS (on the Linux machine) is not setup correctly.

Either list all the machines (the Win95 ones included) in
/etc/hosts, or setup your DNS.  If you already have a DNS
server running on the network, edit /etc/resolv.conf such that
the Linux machine will use it.  If you want the Linux machine
to run a DNS server, that's a whole other barrel of worms.

Do you have a DNS server on the network?
Do you want one?  or are hosts files workable?

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com