DNS woes

["Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jean_christian@example.com>]

Here I go again [1] ... I've asked about this before but I just can't seem 
to get things working.

The problem is that creating an ftp connection into or out of my Linux box 
takes forever. As was pointed out this is because I have DNS enabled (but I 
have no local DNS server running). How can I make my ftp connections not 
take so long?

I know the easy answer, and something I *will* someday do, is to install a 
DNS server on my machine. I've tried but installing a DNS server is not as 
easy as you guys make it look. (I have ordered the DNS/BIND book and will 
give installation a second try as soon as it arrives ...)

In the meantime, short of disabling DNS (using linuxconf) what is a 
short-term solution?

Thanks again!

Jc

[1] If anyone hasn't guessed yet I've been "promoted" to sysadmin, hence all 
the questions. The first I did was make management understand Linux was the 
way to go (Considering they wanted NT I guess anything was better ...). 
Linux used to be fun, now it's actually work ^_^ I now have a new-found 
admiration for sysadmins of the world ...
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