Re: [cobalt-users] FTP connection on RAQ3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Griffor wrote:

> At 05:25 PM 9/14/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know why connecting an FTP session takes so long on the RAQ3?
> >It takes about a minute.  And once you log in if you do a list (ls) it takes
> >forever as well.
> 
> I had run into this recently, and thought that it was an isolated problem
> with the RaQ.  If anyone has anymore information on this, I would certainly
> be interested in hearing it.  I blamed it on the network, but now I am
> thinking that it really is the RaQ.

Nope, it's the network.  Specifically DNS.  Specifically reverse DNS. 
It's been discussed on this list and elsewhere ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

You must have reverse DNS.  And it must work.

Jeff
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