Re: INN on Enterprise Linux 4


"Moe Trin" <ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup linux.redhat, in article
<f5gq6o$akk$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Gregory Baxter wrote:

Installed INN package that came with Enterprise Linux 4. Everything works
fine with one issue, when a reader attempts to open to the host it takes
about 20 seconds before it attaches.

The _usual_ problem is DNS name resolution. The server attempts to look
up the name of the host that is connecting, and the nameserver isn't
responding in a timely manner - either because you are asking a name
server that isn't running (look in /etc/resolv.conf), or the name
server is mis-configured. The solution has always been to fix the
name server configurations, OR add the remote hosts to the /etc/hosts
file on the server.

A less common cause is having the news server attempt an ident call
(connect to port 113 on the client - "who is the user attempting to
connect to my port 119") if the client is running a firewall that is
configured to DROP (stealth) mode. Again, the server has to wait until
the network requests has timed out before continuing.

Old guy

Excellent call on that one. I set up the server a few weeks ago and our
corporate guys changed the DNS servers since then, but since most everyone
gets their TCP/IP configuration from the DHCP servers they neglected to
inform anyone. I checked my workstation's configuration and changed the
resolv.conf file to the DNS server addresses I found there and it works like
a charm. Thanks Old guy :)

GregB


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