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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
> 
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