Hi, Chuck and Philippe,
Thanks for the info. I didn't have the proper /etc/host.conf. Now it's
working fine. Thanks!
Hidong
Philippe Moutarlier wrote:
>
> It might be that the machines are trying to use DNS for connecting and
> somehow your primary DNS server doesn't work properly.
>
> Only when it times out on the first, it goes to the second which might work better.
> Once the name is resolved, things are going OK.
>
> To check that you can :
>
> - give the IP directly to the connection
>
> - add the name/IP of your local machines to /etc/hosts and make sure your
>/etc/host.conf reads:
>
> order hosts,bind
>
> - try to ping you primary DNS server.
>
> Philippe
>
> Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My network of three Linux Red Hat 6.0 machines has become very slow all
> > of the sudden. When I try to telnet or ftp between the machines, it
> > takes about a minute for the login prompt to come up. When it does come
> > up and I log in, working in the remote session seems to go at normal
> > speed. It seems like making that initial connection is really slow. I
> > also see this in netscape. When I launch netscape, the browser window
> > comes up quick. But then when I click a link or click to check e-mail,
> > netscape hangs for about a minute before the next window comes up.
> > After this initial slowness, things seem fine. What could be the reason
> > for this initial slowness to make network connections? Here's the
> > /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny for all three machines:
> >
> > #
> > # hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are
> > # allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > #
> >
> > in.telnetd :LOCAL
> > in.ftpd :LOCAL
> >
> >
> > #
> > # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
> > # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > #
> > # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
> > # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular
> > # you should know that NFS uses portmap!
> >
> > #ALL: ALL
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Hidong
> >
> >
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