Have you checked the name server entries in /etc/resolv.conf? DNS problems are often tracked down to this point.
Brandon On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > >Debian 1.3.1 sports a who which many are saying is "slow" while others > >are saying the slowness is due to slow named servers. Were there > >any notable changes leading up the the /usr/bin/who which came with > >shellutils 1.16-2? > > I've been experiencing problems with some people telnetting into my system. > Many people don't have a problem, but others do.... The problem is that the > telnet client says "connected"; however, there is no response from my system > for 150 seconds - 2.5 minutes! Once the client finally gets the response, > everything is fine from there. No more delays, no more problems. > > Putting the client IP/hostname into /etc/hosts resolves this problem; > however, this is an impractical solution. > > Any ideas? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .