[H-GEN] Unable to telnet

[Mike Andrew]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Eldershaw <ce at comlab.ox.ac.uk>
> >Another question is that when I try to telnet without my ISP connection
it
> >takes about 5 mins to give me the message, when connected it takes about
10 secs
>
> It sounds like it is trying to resolve the host you are coming from by
> querying the DNS.  Since you are off line, then you have to wait until
> all attempts to contact all your nameservers time out.  Is your /ete/hosts
file
> set up properly (ie. including 127.0.0.1 localhost) ?

I'm having the same problem and have just 'lived with it'

here's my /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost localhost.localdomain
192.168.1.1   nfserver.nf    nfserver

our dialins get connected in the range 192.168.1.200+ and telnet can take
ages if we have not dialled out



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