RE: [cobalt-users] slow telnet response...

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Gentlemen.

The problem is that at some point in the last 24 hours I switched ISPs on 
the Northpoint sDSL line I use from home.  The old ISP was providing 
reverse dns on the  IP#, the new one isn't.

I temporarily fixed the problem by adding the following line to my RaQ's 
/etc/hosts file:

  209.250.124.146 riverside.jatek.net

But I still need to arrange for reverse DNS through the new ISP (me, 
reselling, actually), because I'm no longer connected with or through 
Jatek.  I left it in for now because I have to take a few minutes first to 
change the server's reporting identity.  It's an NT box, so it's back to 
the books <wry grin>.

Again, thanks.

At 10:21 AM 2/2/00  Victory Systems ( ebizhosting.com ) wrote:
> you have to edit the hosts file and add the workstation you are
> connecting from.
>
>
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  workstation.name

and

At 10:39 AM 2/2/00  Doug Forman wrote:
> When this happens to me, it's almost always because the host I'm telnetting
> INTO is having trouble identifying the host I'm telnetting FROM - even on a
> LAN.  The delay is a classic telltale symptom.  A quick check:  on the
> system you're telnetting INTO, add an entry in the /etc/hosts file for the
> host you're telnetting FROM.  If you can now get an instant login prompt,
> there you go...
>
> Doug

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