Re: Please help! Pretty please? (DNS trouble, I think)

From: Carlos Moreno (moreno_at_mochima_dot_com_at_xx.xxx)
Date: 01/19/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:51:16 -0500

Carlos Moreno wrote:
>
> [...]
> I log on to the server (it's a "dedicated server" that
> we're renting from a web hoster -- it has "direct"
> connection to the net, with a static IP address), and
> type the command:
>
> $ telnet localhost 5555
>
> For about ten seconds I have no reply. Then, I get the
> expected:
>
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
> [...]

BTW, the problem is intermittent (has been intermittent
for about one or two weeks). I try now, the problem shows;
try three hours later, works fine. Try tomorrow morning,
works fine. Tomorrow afternoon, again the problem shows,
etc. etc.

Carlos 

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