Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 09:31:42 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: YES! MORE SUCCESS! CHEER FOR ME!!! :-) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980614093142.007e5100@mx.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <19980614181014.41433@welearn.com.au> References: <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net> <3.0.5.32.19980613224241.007ecb30@mx.serv.net>
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After hacking around for hours, I *FINALLY* figured out why I couldn't connect to FreeBSD via anonymous FTP from Win95. First, some things were off on the Win95 side of things (I don't remember what), and I fixed those (I don't even know what I did, really, that got it working). Then I found that I could connect, but it took at least 3 minutes... I got a "Connected.. waiting for greeting message" and it would just sit there for 2-3 minutes, then finally connect and log me in. The final solution lied in /etc/hosts and /etc/host.conf on the FreeBSD machine. First, I added my Win 95 PC's IP address to the /etc/hosts file. Then I looked in host.conf and found the default was to use the nameserver first, THEN fall back to to hosts. Being that I didn't have a name server active (and couldn't figure out how to get it working anyway), no wonder it was sitting there waiting for a nonexistent host name to appear. So I commented out the BIND statement in host.conf and PRESTO! Instant connect via FTP using xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (to heck with names, who needs 'em anyway on a 2-machine network?) Next project - anyone know of any good web server daemons out there? (didn't see anything built into FreeBSD). Might be fun to set up my own private 2-machine intranet with WWW access!!! -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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