Re: Marinetti Telnet Problem...

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

Hi Joe,

On 13 Aug 1999, Joe Kohn wrote:

> I just tried it and got right in, with no problem at all using the Telnet
> application that's included with Marinetti.
> 
> It could be that when you tried it, chebucto.ns.ca was slow to respond and
> the Telnet application just timed out while waiting for a response. So, try
> it again, until you are successful.

I thought it might be slow but repeated tries didn't seem to do anything.
I do beta testing for that freenet so I thought I had the correct DNS -
guess I'll have to check everything again to be sure.

> If it's not a timeout problem, maybe it would be best to contact the ISP to
> ask what DNS addresses to use (for Marinetti's configuration options).
> Although in theory it shouldn't matter, I had a heck of a time making Telnet
> connections until I asked my ISP which DNS IP addresses to use, and bingo,
> using the ones they suggested has caused Marinetti to perform wonderfully
> for months.

Thanks for the help and the suggestions.  I'll report my progress.

Tony

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