Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 11:49:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: Wouter de Boer <wouter.de.boer@pobox.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [Q]telnet/ftp doesnot work correctly Message-ID: <XFMail.970524121350.joki@jocki.domestic.de> In-Reply-To: <338603BD.41C67EA6@pobox.com>
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Hi, Check your /etc/host.conf file. It should read hosts bind To tell the resolver to _first_ look up host names in /etc/hosts, then try to find out via DNS. On 23-May-97 at 20:53:17 Wouter de Boer wrote: >Hello, > >I have add a hostname and IP address to my /etc/host file. But when I >use telnet with the hostname, I cannot get connect to that other >computer with the specified hostname. When I use ftp with that hostname >it takes a long time before connecting. When I use the IP address of >that hostname ftp connect within 3 seconds !!!! telnet connect also but >after a long time ?? I had not this problem when using FreeBSD version >2.1.7. > >Can anybody help me please, > > Wouter cu Jo --------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - top breeders recommend it <http://www.freebsd.org>; Joachim Kuebart <joa@delos.lf.net> Tel: +49 711 653706 <joa@stuttgart.netsurf.de> Germany <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de>
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