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Re: NameD and Telnet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Mon Mar 25 22:33:42 1996
From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
To: ATPlack@scj.com
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 19:16:57 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <"MSMAIL PC */PRMD=SCJMAIL/ADMD=MCI/C=US/"@MHS> from "ATPlack@scj.com" at Mar 25, 96 12:53:30 pm
> Once I set up named on the Linux box. The telnet session takes 15-20
> seconds to establish on my local Ethernet segment (using IP address and not
> host name). (Without named, it takes less than a second.)
>
> I have a feeling that memory could help, but before I throw hardware at it,
> I would like to be sure. Anyone?
Its just the time for forward/reverse name lookups. Change the /etc/hosts.conf
to order hosts,bind, and put them in /etc/hosts.
Alan
