[techtalk] Delay with anon FTP Mandrake 7.2

[coldfire]

one more thing to add ... if this is on your local network for which you
do not have a dns server setup for, on the ftp hosting machine .. edit
your /etc/hosts file and add an entry for each ip on your local network
and give them a name.  this will eliminate the dns check most ftp software
does and save you 10-20s :).

coldie

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Raven, corporate courtesan wrote:

> Heya --
> 
> Quoth Phil:
> > This is one of those little annoying things that have been bugging me
> > lately.  Using Mandrake 7.2 I find that ftp takes at least 15 to 20
> > seconds after connect to get the prompt going into the box.  Does
> > anyone have any idea as to why and where I may make changes?
> 
>      In addition to Stephanie's excellent suggestions...
> 
>      I've run into this before with wu-ftp and Red Hat.  In my case,
> the problem was that wu-ftp was trying to do a DNS lookup on the IP
> before allowing the connection.  DNS on that particular network was not
> running (internal corporate network), and so you had to wait for wu-ftp
> to attempt the lookup and time out before it would allow the
> connection.  If your Ident lookup is blocked by a firewall or disabled
> (port 113), that can also cause a ten-second delay.
> 
>      DNS-lookup-behaviour is set at compile time -- it's an option you
> can pass the configure script.
> 
> Cheers,
> Raven
> 
> =====
> "But you're the corporate whore!"
> "Well, what are you then, Miss CCNP?  Hmmm?"
> [triumphantly] "A Corporate Courtesan Network Professional!"
>  -- RavenBlack and I, talking about how to turn, er, a dime.
> 
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