Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:40:28 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gavin=20Kenny?= <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP gone Slow Message-ID: <20030416124028.95569.qmail@web20712.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3E9D4668.2030403@potentialtech.com>
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--- Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> 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
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