[ale] SSH

[Jason Lynn]

Thanks for all the replies, but...

I tried putting the IP into my /etc/hosts file... no luck.

I tried dig -x from my home machine and it returned in less than a second... 
no luck.

Has anyone else had this problem with openssh?

Thanks,

Jason


>From: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw at wittsend.com>
>To: Jason Lynn <jason_lynn_ at hotmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: [ale] SSH
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>On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 04:52:50PM -0500, Jason Lynn wrote:
> > Forgot to ask one more question...
>
> > SSH takes a few MINUTES to connect from work to my home machine.  I 
>suspect
> > it is a DNS problem (as ssh is trying to reverse lookup my address here
> > which has no dns).  Any ideas on how to confirm/fix?
>
>	That's usually the reverse DNS lookup.  Do a "dig -x" with the
>IP address you are connecting FROM and see what happens.  If it takes
>a couple of minutes and then gives you an error (or no answer section)
>then that's your problem.  Solution is to get your address (client) added
>to the appropriate reverse in-addr.arpa zone.
>
> > Thanks once again,
>
> > Jason
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