wu-ftp problems

[msoracchi]

I am running Redhat Linux 7.1 and had wu-ftp 2.6 running along fine. Suddenly for no apparent reason it stopped accepting connections. I had changed nothing.
It will accept a connection when I $telnet ftp localhost or when I $telnet ftp 192.168.1.99 the local network address for the server but when I thry to connect from the internet it gives me the message connected waiting for welcome message and never responds again. It seems to take longer to get a connection up with 192.168.1.99 than it does with localhost. I have 2 hosts defined 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost and 192.168.1.99 linux71.localdomain linux71.

The strange part is that this was working perfectly and then just stopped.

I have since then removed the wu-ftpd RPM and the anonftp RPM and reinstalled only the wu-ftpd RPM since I don't want to use anon ftp. It still will not work.

Ok it finally just made a connection but took almost 2 minutes. Why would this be? Is there any way I can figure out what causes it to take so long to respond. Is there any way to tune the server so that it responds more quickly.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help
:confused:

[evulish]

Possibly a problem with DNS servers?

localhost should be faster, those packets dont have to leave your computer, it just sends em right back to you.

Also, upgrade your WU-FTPD if you're running 2.6.0, it's rootable (SITE EXEC or something). Latest version is 2.6.1.

[msoracchi]

Thanks, I mistyped earlier and missed the 'd'. I am running wu-ftpd 2.6.1 I was not sure of the extension earlier but just checked. ;)