From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 5:30: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.netcologne.de (mail2.netcologne.de [194.8.194.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7F1E37B6F4 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 05:30:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pherman@frenchfries.net) Received: from bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de (dial-213-168-72-16.netcologne.de [213.168.72.16]) by mail2.netcologne.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA20104; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:29:58 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (localhost.security.at12.de [127.0.0.1]) by bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e78CQPb65211; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:26:25 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:26:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman To: "Willie M. Wallace" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP Connection timeout ??? In-Reply-To: <398F3B97.D2632697@s1.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Willie M. Wallace wrote: > Can any one out there give to some help. I am having a major > problem using FTP to connect to of my server on a different > subnet. FTP timesout; however; at other times I am able to > connect without a problem. I have been looking at the entire > system and can not seem to locate the source of the problem. It's hard to say, but when people have these types of problems it is usualy a DNS problem. Be sure you can lookup and reverse lookup all hosts from all sides. Is is just FTP? What about other services? Can you telnet to other open ports and speak the corresponding protocols? -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message