I had thought of that, but I am not sure that is the issue. When I do an nslookup on the ip, it brings back the hostname rather quickly (almost faster than some other hosts not having this issue). To be sure, I added my IP address and host name into /etc/hosts on the server, and still nothing changes. I forgot to mention that the server is behind a linux firewall, which is forwarding ports to services in use. The services in use are: http (apache) https (apache) ssh (openSSH) ftp (proFTPd) pop3 (qmail) smtp (qmail) DNS (bind9) the http* seems to be working just fine, the others are all slow to start up. Also, ssh tends to dissconnect randomly. The server is running a basic setup of Debian Potato, and the firewall is Mandrake 7.2. If this is a DNS issue, what do I need to do to resolve it? Or are there any other ideas? Jay On Tuesday 04 September 2001 07:18 am, you wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Jay Kline wrote: > > I recently set up a new server, and am having some network troubles. The > > problem is it takes 30 some seconds for POP3 to connect up. When I > > telnet to it "connects" right away, but it takes 20-30 seconds before the > > POP converstaion to start. The same for FTP and other protocols. I know > > there is a setting for this somewhere, but I dont know how to change it > > or what to change it to. Can anyone direct me to the right place? > > Jay, > > My bet is that you are using a DNS server that isn't working right. That > sounds a lot like a Reverse DNS timeout. > > Or, maybe, you don't have reverse dns on the IP you're connecting from? -- Jay Kline list at slushpupie.com http://www.slushpupie.com -- Communicate! It can't make things any worse.