No, I don't think so. All the machines are technically workstations, a desktop, a
laptop, and a win machine. Mandrake ICS is setup, but I haven't manually
configured much of anything on them, yet. I'd just like to be able to easily
transfer files from the laptop to the desktop, as well as the browsing capability
that ICS provides (working fine).
Do I need to manually setup DHCP or DNS?
Glen
Rusty Carruth wrote:
> Glen Sagers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm connecting by IP, so that shouldn't be a problem.
>
> No, you misunderstood.
>
> The SERVER does a name lookup on the CLIENT's ip address,
> regardless of how the client started the connection
> (by raw ip address, DNS lookup, carrier pigeon - well,
> ok, carrier pigeon won't work ;-)
>
> So, its the SERVER I'm asking about - does the
> server machine have an ip-to-name lookup that will
> succeed for that client? (And for all I know there
> may need to be the normal name-to-ip lookup also,
> which may explain why it takes me 60 seconds when
> I'm misconfigured ;-)
>
> Anyway, ignor all that blather in my previous paragraph
> if it confuses you - the important point is that the
> machine that runs the ftp daemon will attempt, as
> a minimum, a reverse lookup on the client's IP address,
> and you want it to succeed (quickly) if you don't like
> long waits ;-)
>
> rc
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