Chuck McManis wrote:
> 
> Probably has nothing to do with the FTP server and everything to do with
> the fact that TCP doesn't know how to route packets off the local subnet
> unless you either start up routed or set up a default route.
> --Chuck
> 
> At 11:24 PM 12/3/02 +0100, you wrote:
> >if try to connect from remote, it fails with a timeout.

Or it could be that the system can't resolve the address that's trying to
connect to it.  If you don't have a nameserver properly configured it can take a
LONG time to connect via telnet or FTP, perhaps so long that your client times
out.  Try adding a manual entry in /etc/hosts.

-- 
Henry Bent
hbent@cs.oberlin.edu