Peter Howell Jr, 2001-Nov-08 11:36 -0500: > Now I can ping either computer from the other one, and all appears well. > When I try to telnet of ftp between them, however, I get the login prompt, > and then the connection just hangs. Any ideas? > Peter
Could be that the remote system is trying to resolve the local end through dns, which is no longer reachable. Remove or rename /etc/resolv.conf and that should disable the dns lookup, which should enable the telnet and ftp. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User