Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:10:05 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 <venkatesh.pandurangi@motorola.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question on FTP Message-ID: <20010720121005.A10414@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <796456A0F96AD511A0AC009027B0F7412D0767@IL27EXM08.cig.mot.com>; from venkatesh.pandurangi@motorola.com on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:51:56PM -0500 References: <796456A0F96AD511A0AC009027B0F7412D0767@IL27EXM08.cig.mot.com>
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:51:56PM -0500, Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to FreeBSD. I have installed FreeBSD 4.2 on two i386 PCs. These two
> PCs are connect to each other in a local network using CISCO routers. I am
> trying to run 'ftp' command from one FreeBSD PC to another FreeBSD PC. It
> takes very very long time to get to the FTP prompt. After the ftp command,
> it immediately displays 'connected to 77.1.63.1' (Ip address of PC2) and
> takes long time to get to the FTP prompt.
The ftp server box is attempting a reverse DNS lookup; which times out
after a minute. Put in the appropriate entries in the DNS for
77.1.63.1, and everything will work a lot faster.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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