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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 16:40:36 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Brian <ntboy@earthlink.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Just Dont know
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On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 11:45:59PM -0700, Brian wrote:
> When I try to telnet or ftp into a local BSD 2.1.5 Computer, it takes about
> five mins for a login screen,,Can you tell me what to do about this,, or
> where to look for info about it, I tryed searching for telnet and ftp info
> on your website but I dont understand alot of it.Can you please
> help...Thanks..

Did you time it?  If it took more like one minute, it was probably DNS
timing out looking for the name corresponding to your IP address.
This is standard.  If you don't have a name (or reverse lookup set up
correctly), this is the problem you need to solve.

Greg