Kendall Lister wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 11:40:39AM +0000, Taso Hatzi wrote:
>
> > Has anyone else noticed that it can take a minute or so to get the
> > login prompt when telneting to a linux host?
> >
> > It's not DNS either because it's just as slow whether one uses
> > hostname or IP address.
>
> When people shout "DNS!" as an answer to the problem of delayed login
> prompts, it is not because they think that your computer is having trouble
> resolving the server's host name - what causes the delay is the server
> trying a reverse lookup on your machine for identification purposes. So
> even if the server's DNS setup is working, you will still get a delay if
> your own machine's DNS is not configured.
>
You can fix this in a Q&D fashion by adding the box you're telnetting
from to the /etc/hosts file in the box you're telnetting to.
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