[H-GEN] Unable to telnet

[Craig Eldershaw]

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>> >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'

Is your /etc/host.conf set up with 'order hosts,bind' as a line in it ?
That will force it to check your /etc/hosts file before looking to the DNS.

C.
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