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From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii>
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Subject: Re: Telnet problem
To: joe@ns.via.net (Joe McGuckin)
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 20:57:58 -0700 (PDT)
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> 
> 
> I have a machine on a subnet (mask is 255.255.255.224) that I want to 
> use as a firewall.
> 
> I can telnet into the machine from the internet ok, but other machines
> on the local exposed net or the internal net can't connect to the
> telnet daemon.
> 
> I get:
> 
>     fw: {4} telnet fw
>     Trying 205.162.31.34...
>     Connected to fw.vcsnet.com.
>     Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> and it just hangs...
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -joe
> 
Hi,

Make SURE that you have a running ip-lookup (in-addr.arpa) around.  I've had 
the same problem before.

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