Tommi Jensen wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in, > > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to <machine>" and > > the > I'm guessing you are having these problems on a LAN > with client(lan)->server(lan) > with reserved ips.
It's a small network in our house, with a linux box acting as a DHCP and name server.... > since reserved ips are just that, reserved, there are no dns-ptr values for it > so in-addr.arpa lookups will fail unless you set up your own private one. > > quickfix: add all clients to the ftp-server to hosts(5) > > "real" fix, install a dns-server of your choice (no religious wars here :P) > > if this is happening from an external client. > do your server have an external dns-server in resolv.conf(5) ? If by this you mean the nameserver line, yes it does, it names our DHCP server thus: nameserver 10.0.0.1 thanks alex -- Now playing: nothing at all
