Hello,
my ARP table is not very full, it has only one entry! (i'm not sure
that's logics!)
I add the connecting host into mt /etc/hots, and it goes well. i find
that very strange...!
Thanks to your help.
>Hi.
>
>On 7/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> The time to show a prompt for a telnet to my computer is long too but
>> (near 5 sec.)
>
>It should be a DNS issue. Try adding the connecting host to the
>DNS or to /etc/hosts
>
>> I saw on the web that it could be a host name resolution problem. but i
>> dont think so. (the host name resolution is fast when i connect to a
>> website).
>
>It doesn't matter. The server needs to resolve the address of the connecting
>host.
>
>> The problem is essentially on the local, the internet connection seems to
>> go well.
>
>Also check if you're ARP table is full. It happens once in a while
>when there's a virus or the local network has too many hosts.
>(fake ARP requests fill out the ARP table with incomplete entries).
>
>Try "/sbin/arp -an | wc -l" and if you get more than 200 lines (or so,
>i don't know what the exact turning point is) you might have to play
>with the Kernel's garbage collection parameters for the disposal of
>ARP addresses.
>
>Regards,
>Nelson.-
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>
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>and you are the easiest person to fool.
> -- Richard Feynman.
>
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