Solved: Telnet and FTP trouble

[BGa <BGa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi,

Dr Sriram wrote:
>this kind of delay (order of minute or so) in initial connection is almost
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>posted by several others earlier, i am willing to lay my bet on name
>service problem (add the ip to /etc/hosts will fix the problem). 
You win :)

>perhaps, the original poster can repost and indicate if the problem has 
been solved
>- and put an end to the thread.
That would be me :) 

Now FTP is instantaneous, and works as expected. But telnet simply times 
out.

So, yes, setting the DNS properly does solve the problem. But the telnet 
demon remains :)

BGa


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