(OT) Very Slow SCO Openserver FTP Openserver logins

[Mike Schwartz]

> From: Bob Rasmussen [mailto:ras at anzio.com]
> 
> One reason for slow logins (generically speaking) is the the server is
making
> a lengthy attempt, and failing, to do reverse DNS; that is, trying to
verify the
> client's IP address. You could test whether this is the case by adding the
> client's IP address to /etc/hosts.

     Thanks for that idea, Bob.  I'm going to add one of their workstations
to /etc/hosts and then reboot to see if that has any effect on FTP.  

     I don't have any control over their network setup and they did move to
a new building in January.  They first mentioned the network slowness in
March.  I wonder if their network guy changed something on their network in
the server shuffle.  On one of their Windows 7 workstations, I had them do
an" ipconfig /flushdns" command, but that didn't seem to help the problem.

     From their Windows 7 workstations in Chicago, they were able to FTP to
my servers back in Green Bay and got quick logins and normal file transfer
times, so I don't know what their network might have to do with the problem.

Thanks!

Mike Schwartz