Re: problem with ftp login being sooo slow

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Well, you got the problem right.  It is a reverse DNS time-out.
A is looking up any FTP client IPs and trying to resolve names.
What are you doing for DNS on this network?  Just /etc/hosts on A?

If you are really only using hosts files, check your /etc/nsswitch.conf
and try putting files first for host lookups.  (You'll see what I mean.)
If you are using DNS, put the new IPs in the DNS and you're done.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


arthur m coucouvitis wrote:
> 
>   hello, all
> 
>   i'm on a private net..
>   ftp logins from a local node to machine A
>   used to get connected within seconds before adding a
> 2nd NIC
>   and adding GATEWAY & G..DEV to
> /etc/sysconfig/network. to machine A
>   seems like it might be that A is timing out while
> trying to look up
>   the local node's ip on the gateway device ?
> 
>   ii tried adding '192.168.2.99 node99' to machine A's
> /etc/hosts but
>   that has made no difference.
> 
>   anybody have a secret incantation to get rid of the
> ftp login stall ?
> 
>   thanks
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