[Info-vax] Telnet problems

[Steven Schweda]

Bob Gezelter wrote:

> Some important discriminators:
> - if the machine is identified by numeric IP address from a different
> system, is the delay still there

   If the problem is a failing _reverse_ DNS look-up of the
client by the _server_, then it probably won't matter how the
_client_ identifies the server.

   This suggestion is frequently made, but seldom helps.  It's
rare for there to be a big delay in the original DNS look-up
of the server by the client (which finally succeeds), but
that's what is tested by doing "telnet ip.address" instead of
"telnet "name".