Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:05:08 +0100 From: "Richard J. Pontefract" <rjp@kietra.u-net.com> To: Gary Hall <gary.hall@mcg-graphics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Networking problem Message-ID: <35C03744.78F1@kietra.u-net.com> References: <35BF50BB.C0AE8CDC@mcg-graphics.com>
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Hi How is you're DNS configured? It may be trying to resolve the host name of the machine that is connecting by to the internet first. What does /etc/host.conf say? Is bind listed before hosts? Hope this helps. Rick Gary Hall wrote: > > We are having a problem with FreeBSD when trying to connect to it > remotely via FTP or rlogin. The problem is that the FreeBSD machine > tries to connect to the Internet via our router whenever anyone tries to > log in. Our router then tries to dial up onto the Internet via ISDN. > Until the connection is made, it refuses to accept any internal > connections. > > Why, when FTP-ing from a PC to a FreeBSD machine, both on a local > ethernet network, would the FreeBSD machine decide to dial the Internet > ? > > Any replies would be appreciated, as this is getting expensive ! > > Gary Hall > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Richard J. Pontefract Email: rjp@kietra.u-net.com WWW: http://www.kietra.u-net.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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