Re: FTP server slow to accept connections

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 06:27:20AM -0000, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> I'm trying to ftp from a win2k box to my RH6.2 machine and the connection 
> times out (actually the message is "Connection closed by foreign host").
> 
> I've also tried to ftp from the Linux box to itslef. This work but 
> establishing the connection is very slow. It takes about 20 seconds.

Do you have DNS setup?  Is your Linux box able to successfully
do a reverse lookup of the Win2K machine's IP address?  (And
can it look up its own address?  The long delay establishing
the connection sounds like a reverse IP lookup timeout.)

Do you have access controls (tcpwrappers, xinetd, proftpd.conf,
firewall rules, etc.) on your FTP server that are limiting access
from the Win2K box?


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