FTP slow connection on Ethernet

[ccgorman]

We set up a internal Unix server within the office which everyone is connected to on an Ethernet. Browser connection is instantaneous, but when we try to connect via FTP it takes a while to resolve where the server is (on both Macs and PCs). Why is this? Is there anything we can do about it? I know nothing about networking, and I know this is a PHP forum, but, help here would be greatly appreciated.

-David

[lakelse]

Hi David,

I'm not an expert on networking either but I have experienced a similar problem that you described.

Whenever I would telnet or ftp to my Linux box from my desktop machine it would take sometimes up to 30 seconds to connect. What I finally figured out to solve this problem was to add an entry to my /etc/hosts for my desktop, for example:

192.168.1.27 desktop.internal

Like I said, I'm no expert but what I think happens is that when you telnet or ftp in the server tries to resolve the client's ip address. So the waiting you are experiencing is the server trying to figure out who you are.

So, make sure that everyone in your office is defined in your DNS (If you're running it) or in your /etc/hosts file.

Hope that helps,

Jon