Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:55:52 +0100 From: Simon Morgan <sjmorgan@gmail.com> To: Ben Pratt <ben@thegeekzone.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot ssh to machine on lan when it has no internet connection Message-ID: <de63970c0508260255112d9ca9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <430DC324.6030708@thegeekzone.com> References: <de63970c05082502513e1a868b@mail.gmail.com> <430DC324.6030708@thegeekzone.com>
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On 8/25/05, Ben Pratt <ben@thegeekzone.com> wrote: > I'm not sure if this will work or not but try setting up /etc/hosts to > reflect your LAN. I had a friend who had issues when, even though he was > connected to the Internet, he had DNS messed up on his FreeBSD system. > I'm thinking the SSH server is trying to do some DNS lookups and if you > set your hosts file to have the information about the client machine > that may be resolved. Just to let you know I tried your suggestion and unfortunately it didn't wo= rk.
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