well that was not the problem since the client tried to access an ip
adress and not a hostname.
it was a block on the firewall that i skipped and didnt pay atention
to.. ;)
anyway, its ok now, and thanks to everyone that tried to help.
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:16:14 +0200 (IST)
> From: Matan Ziv-Av <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tal Amir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: the linux-il mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: another fact (mail timeout)
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Tal Amir wrote:
>
> > i 4got to mention that telnet from the local lan to that machine also
> > takes ages, while from the outside its very fast..
> > i guess that both things are related...what do i need to check ?
>
>
> The server tries to find the name associated with the IP address that is
> connecting (reverse DNS). The easiest solution is probably adding the
> hosts to the /etc/hosts file.
>
>
>
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