Re: ftpd - slow to connect

[Alex Hunsley <fakeAddress@privacy.com>]

Tommi Jensen wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:36:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote:
> > I'm running the standard ftpd on my debian (potato) machine. When I ftp in,
> > there is a 20 second pause between the message "Connected to <machine>" and the
> I'm guessing you are having these problems on a LAN
> with client(lan)->server(lan)
> with reserved ips.

It's a small network in our house, with a linux box acting as a DHCP and name
server....


> since reserved ips are just that, reserved, there are no dns-ptr values for it
> so in-addr.arpa lookups will fail unless you set up your own private one.
> 
> quickfix: add all clients to the ftp-server to hosts(5)
> 
> "real" fix, install a dns-server of your choice (no religious wars here :P)
> 
> if this is happening from an external client.
> do your server have an external dns-server in resolv.conf(5) ?

If by this you mean the nameserver line, yes it does, it names our DHCP server
thus:

  nameserver 10.0.0.1

thanks
alex

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