On Tue, 2001-10-30 at 15:27, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Hi group - I have seen this asked (and answered) years ago, but am > unable to reproduce the solution. > If I telnet to a new (Debian unstable) box, I get: > > Connected to junior.avondel.nl > Escape character is '^]'. > > right away, but it takes almost a minute to continue to the login prompt. > I vaguely recall it had to do with /etc/hosts or /etc/resolve, but now > clue to the exact solution. >
It could be a dns lookout timeout (1 minute and 15 seconds, IIRC), try to populate the /etc/hosts file with the ip and host name of the two box, or modify the entry in your DNS server... Hope this helps. Andrea
