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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:28:21 -0400
From: Alan Clegg <abc@firehouse.net>
To: vasu@inorbit.com
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Subject: Re: HELP : Telnet takes too long to connect
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Out of the ether, vasu@inorbit.com spewed forth the following bitstream:

> I am able to ftp normally but when I do
> a telnet from machine B to machine A, it
> takes a very very long time.. almost 5 minutes
> 
> What could be the potential problem ??

Probably DNS timeouts on the host you are connecting to.

AlanC


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