on the system, sometimes the rlogin command can not login the remote node,but ping command can echo the packet. if the inetd domean restarted , rlogin runs normally. We want to know what cause the rlogin failed and how to fix it.
looks like one issue, but not quite...
a few things can cause such an issue:
duplicate ip
stack full and box agonizing due to excessive load..
lan negociation mismatch (speed and /full/half duplex)
etc...
Open /etc/inetd.conf and check a entry which starts with - login.
Check the 4th field.
It should be "nowait".