On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 10:06:12AM -0700, Mike wrote: > Greetings: > > I've got potato on a network with some windows machines. Potato has wuftpd > installed and configured in inetd.conf. sshd is also started when it boots. > > When I try to ftp from windows to potato (using the local ip address of > potato) it takes 2-3 MINUTES before I get a response from wuftpd. Using > command line ftp, I see that I get connected immediately, there is just a > huge lag before wuftpd actually responds. Once I'm logged in, ftp works as > fast as expected. > > Everything else works fine: > > ping windows <-> potato : fast > ssh windows -> potato : fast > > I'm also using potato as a gateway for my windows machines using > ipchains/forwarding and everything works fine with that as well. > > Any clues? What config files should I be studying?
Triple-check your DNS resolution, particularly reverse resolution. Run your ftp daemon in debug mode and/or put 'strace' against it while attempting connections from your Windows box. See if anything pops out. I frequently pull good hints out of this method. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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