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RE: [cobalt-users] telnet problems...

Shawn,
I recently had this problem with a RaQ4 that I was setting up. I tried putting manual entries in the /etc/hosts file. Telnet worked after that, but FTP started giving strange errors. I also changed the /etc/resolv.conf file to point to a correct nameserver (this can also be done through the UI), and that seemed to be more effective, although I never did get FTP to work correctly. I ended up just putting the darn thing on a static IP and working from there.
Try putting a valid nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf first. Then, if that doesn't work, add the DNS entries into /etc/hosts. Unfortunately, I can't help you beyond that. Has anyone else found a successful remedy for this problem? 

Erica

At 06:38 PM 7/31/2001 -0700, you wrote:

Yes yes yes, I am almost sure I'm having dns issues relating to the fact
that I can't get my other 98 box to connect either. There was a bunch of dns
entries in the box before I restored it to a Qube2, and now they are gone,
and I don't know anything about dns to be able to put them in there... can
anyone point me to an example I might follow? Or a clue how to start?

By the way, ftp takes a year and a half... so maybe this is the problem.

Shawn Crull
shawn@xxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: Erica Douglass [mailto:corky6921@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:47 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: shawn@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] telnet problems...

 > I am using a direct connection with a crossover cable. Incidentally, it
is
 > the computer I'm using to read these emails. The qube is providing that
 > internet connectivity. I can ping the 192, the outside ip, the gateway,
and
 > the whole world, for that matter. I can interface with the qube, and
inside
 > telnet is turned on, but I cannot get in... just get a blinking cursor
with
 > no ability to type in the box.

I'm wondering if it's the DNS problem mentioned before on other threads,
where the Qube is waiting for a reverse lookup that doesn't get found
(because of the 192.x address.) If so, it takes about 45 seconds to get a
login prompt through telnet.

Erica