RE: [cobalt-users] Slow telnet and reverse DNS?!?

[cobalt-users@xxxxxxx (cobalt-users)]

jwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>Make entries in the /etc/hosts file for the units on your local network
>this
>will avoid the attempt to do a reverse dns lookup, which in your case is
>going to fail, as you have an IP but no name!

Now why the £$&&£$ didn't I think of that !??!    [ sound of palm slapping
forehead ].    That sorted it nicely!

I never knew that the Cobalt (and other Linux (and other UNIX?) boxes) did
that... probably because I never encountered the problem before. Exactly
the same problem happened with a generic Redhat 6.1 box I installed
yesterday.  

And yep, it appears that reverse lookups for our main subnet are indeed up
the creek - our other subnets all reverse OK and client nodes there don't
have the problem...

Thanks to all who responded... life is sunny again...

Regards,

SB

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