From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 16 05:40:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D72C37B401 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 05:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web20712.mail.yahoo.com (web20712.mail.yahoo.com [66.163.169.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 991F043FBD for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 05:40:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk) Message-ID: <20030416124028.95569.qmail@web20712.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [158.234.250.66] by web20712.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:40:28 BST Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:40:28 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gavin=20Kenny?= To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <3E9D4668.2030403@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP gone Slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:40:29 -0000 --- Bill Moran wrote: > Gavin Kenny wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > I have been running FBSD4.4 quite happily for a > while > > now and I have recently got this problem. > > > > When I FTP into my box it connects fine but then > takes > > ages before I get a login prompt. > > > > It never used to do this, the login prompt used to > be > > instantaneous. > > > > Any ideas what I have done to mess this up? > > Have you done any diagnostic testing at all? I know > you didn't > do any searching, as this is discussed on this list > alone about > every two weeks and you would have found it if you'd > searched > google. > > My first guess would be that your reverse DNS broke > at some point. > Generally what happens, is that the FTP daemon is > waiting for an > RDNS request to return so it has a hostname to put > in the logs. If > the RDNS is broken, it waits until timeout (30 sec > is the norm I > believe) before logging you in. > > Easy way to find out if this is the problem is the > host command. > host 55.55.55.55 > (substitute your IP address for 55.55.55.55) > If you don't get a hostname, this is likely to be > the problem. > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > Apologies, I was being lazy, you are right I had better do some searching. I am not running DNS (it is just a little network I use to develop on, and I ftp the IP address to move SW about) it is strange as the other machines work just fine. This one has a problem. thanks for your help Gavin I think you are right, it is definitly a timeout __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer