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Re: rlogin hangs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew R. Baker)
Sat Sep 14 00:41:21 1996
From: "Andrew R. Baker" <andrewb@uab.edu>
To: Michael McQuinn <mike_mcquinn@sterling.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:07:37 +0000
CC: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
> i was wondering if you could possible provide some input on a problem
> i am having with establishing a slip connection to a remote system
> from my pc at home.
>
> the problem is that i am able to establish a connection to the remote
> system via a slip connection from my pc but when i try rlogin into or
> pinging the remote system the command hangs at the command line prompt
> with no response. if i let it continue i believe that it would
> continue for hours at aa time. any idea on what be the problem???
Are you using the ip address for the remote machine or the name?
I'va had ping hang when I used a name and I couldn't reach my
nameserver. Try using the ip address instead of a name. If that
works you need to change your nameserver configuration.
-Andrew
