Re: timeout with telnet or ftp

1999-12-29 Thread aphro
that tends to happen a lot with machines with a broken DNS configuration, install a DNS and/or try commenting out the lines in /etc/hosts.deny. It's best to install a DNS and not rely on another incase that other is not reachable it will take a while to 'time out'. most services try to reverse lo

timeout with telnet or ftp

1999-12-29 Thread Bernd
hi i'm new on this list and would need your help please. im running slink here as a router and it works great. but if i want to telnet or ftp to this pc, it needs some minutes to receive the login. my ftp-client gets a timeout all the time. how can i fix this problem? please help me!! mfg bernd