Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:23:19 +0000 From: alex <mangoost@inetcomm.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP gone Slow Message-ID: <20030416202319.4854f7ec.mangoost@inetcomm.ru> In-Reply-To: <3E9D51D2.4030001@potentialtech.com> References: <20030416124028.95569.qmail@web20712.mail.yahoo.com> <3E9D51D2.4030001@potentialtech.com>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:51:30 -0400 Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > Gavin Kenny wrote: > > --- 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. > > > > 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. > > You really don't have much choice, as many programs use > DNS without even you knowing it. > Despite the size of your network, you're probably best > off to have a working local DNS server to prevent > problems before they occur. I'm not sure, that the problem is in DNS, but, if you do not whant to run a DNS server, you may use /etc/hosts to bind names and adresses. > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- root@mangoost:~# cat /var/log/messages | grep -i windows сав 16 20:15:49 mangoost.tronet.troitsk.ru system_check[199]: Unauthorized object 'MS-WINDOWS' has been detected and successfully removed from the system. root@mangoost:~#
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